ENG 101 English Composition

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12 Students enrolled

Description
Curriculum

English composition I (ENG-101) is a writing intensive self-study course in which students compose four expository essays consisting of a minimum of 750 words and a final research paper of at least 1250 words and a final exam. The course empowers students to be able to express their thoughts and opinions in and organized and structured manner. Emphasis is not only placed on using standard English grammar in writing sentences and paragraphs, but also on using critical reading and thinking as tools in the organization in essay writing. Students will learn standard writing strategies such as thesis statements, topic sentences, and paragraph development. By the end of the course, students will be able to write narrative and descriptive paragraphs on a variety of topics.

Course Description:

Students will be able to express their thoughts and opinions about a variety of subjects on paper in a structured and organized way. They will be able to write accurate simple and compound sentences using the grammatical structures studied in the course to their own writing. Students will learn to use critical and logical methods of thinking to demonstrate skills in inductive, deductive, and analogous reasoning. They will know how to move from a general idea to specific topic. They will understand the seriousness of violating the principles of plagiarism and become thoroughly knowledgeable in source documentation using the MLA format. They will develop the ability to communicate effectively through reading, listening, speaking, and writing. They will have the ability to generate ideas and prepare to write using simple prewriting strategies using the information obtained through source readings.

Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Use appropriate grammar and syntax in written compositions
Describe the attributes of description, narration, illustration, classification, compare/contrast methods, and analyses as they pertain to effective writing.
Develop a logical argument to address a topic.