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Dec 13, 2024
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2023-2024 Catalog [PAST CATALOG]
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ENG 101A - Academic Writing and Research 13 credit hours - Three hours lecture weekly; one term. This course meets the English Composition General Education Requirement.
Learn critical writing, reading, and thinking strategies. Write multiple essays, culminating in an instructor-guided research paper. Analyze a variety of texts and identify their cultural, historical, and social contexts. Develop foundational information literacy, academic research, and documentation skills.
Prerequisite(s): A grade of C or better in ACL 040 or appropriate placement into ENG 101A.
Corequisite(s): ENG 099 .
Note: A grade of C or better is required to satisfy the general education requirement. Credit is not given for both ENG 101A and ENG 101 or ENG 101A and ENG 101H . Typically offered at MC, AM, GB, and OL; fall, spring, and summer terms.
Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Develop and demonstrate skills in close reading, textual analysis, and rhetorical analysis while identifying their cultural, social, and historical contexts.
- Compose college-level writing projects for academic audiences.
- Write a sequence of college-level analytical essays that incorporate a clear thesis statement, strong topic sentences, effective transitions, focused and developed paragraphs, logical organization, appropriate modes of exposition, and effective source material.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the writing process by effectively using prewriting, planning, drafting, and revising strategies.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the research process by finding, selecting, and evaluating appropriate sources.
- Incorporate and document primary and secondary source material according to MLA conventions.
- Understand plagiarism and implement strategies to avoid it.
- Consistently use Standard English and other stylistic options appropriate for audience and purpose.
- Learn to correct errors in grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
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