ENG 111C - College Composition I Co-Requisite with Reading and Writing Strategies

Credits: 3
Instructional Contact Hours: 3

Develops fluent, effective, and confident writers. Practices the process of composing; generating ideas; shaping and evaluating writing. Uses reading and language awareness to further the development of writing. This course will transfer to universities and partially fulfill the college's English composition requirement. ENG 111C is intended to only be taken in a learning community combination. Credit may be earned in only one of: ENG 111, ENG 111A, ENG 111B, ENG 111C or ENG 111H. (45-30)

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): ENG 096
Lecture Hours: 45 Lab Hours: 0
Meets MTA Requirement: English Comp
Pass/NoCredit: Yes

Outcomes and Objectives

1. Produce formal, first-year college-level writing for a specific audience and purpose

A. Demonstrate awareness of the rhetorical situation

B. Select, organize, present details to support a thesis statement

C. Employ the appropriate writing conventions

D. Use writing processes to generate, organize ideas effectively

E. Use technology to communicate ideas effectively

2. Practice critical thinking in writing tasks

A. Demonstrate an understanding of the aspects of an essay

B. Express clear articulation of important ideas

C. Demonstrate an understanding of revision

D. Respond to the rhetorical situation in a text

E. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between language, knowledge, and power

3. Practice critical thinking in reading tasks

A. Analyze the rhetorical situation in a text

B. Demonstrate the ability to distinguish between one’s interpretation of a text and the author’s intended meaning

C. Identify how meaning is communicated in a piece of text

D. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between language, knowledge, and power

4. Practice basic research skills

A. Access, analyze, evaluate credible sources for a specific purpose

B. Attribute source material appropriately

C. Paraphrase, summarize accurately, incorporating source material into a text