ELL 120 - Capstone Reading and Writing

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Formerly ELL 320 - Capstone Reading and Writing

This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement.

Apply reading comprehension skills in English. Employ the writing process in the U.S. higher education context. Compose research-based essays using complex sentences, discipline-specific vocabulary, and English syntax and grammar.

Prerequisite(s): ELL 317 or Accuplacer ESL/LOEP WritePlacer score of 4.

Note: This course is not for students whose first and/or primary language is English. A grade of at least C is required to enroll in ENG 101 .

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Apply critical reading skills, strategies, and processes to improve comprehension of various texts in the U.S. higher education context.
Increase discipline-specific and global vocabulary.
Integrate vocabulary, grammar, and syntax to produce three or more essays.
Employ the writing process to develop the whole essay, the body of the essay, and sentence complexity.