A composition course designed to develop writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by English 1101. Stresses critical reading and writing and incorporates a variety of more advanced research methods; readings will be drawn from a wide variety of literary texts. Passing grade is C.
In addition to the skills acquired in English 1101, by the end of the course, students will be able to:
- analyze, evaluate, document, and draw inferences from various sources,
- identify, select, and analyze appropriate research methods, research questions, and evidence for a specific rhetorical situation,
- use argumentative strategies and genres in order to engage various audiences,
integrate others’ ideas with their own, - use grammatical, stylistic, and mechanical formats and conventions appropriate to rhetorical situations and audience constraints,
- produce well reasoned, argumentative essays demonstrating rhetorical engagement, and reflect on what contributed to their writing process and evaluate their own work.