ENG 111 - College Composition I

Credits: 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. Credit may be earned in only one of: ENG 111, ENG 111A, ENG 111B, ENG 111C or ENG 111H.

Prerequisite(s): READING LEVEL 4 and WRITING LEVEL 4
Corequisite(s): None
Lecture Hours: 45 Lab Hours: 0
Meets MTA Requirement: None
Pass/NoCredit: Yes

Outcomes and Objectives 1.         Produce formal, first-year college-level writing
            A.         Address the rhetorical situation
            B.         Use the writing process to improve writing
            C.        Support a thesis statement

2.         Practice critical thinking in reading and writing tasks
            A.         Identify how meaning is communicated in a piece of text
            B.         Interpret texts through an appropriate lens
            C.        Analyze and respond to the rhetorical situation in a text

3.         Practice basic research skills
            A.         Attribute and cite source material appropriately
            B.         Locate and evaluate credible sources
            C.        Incorporate source material into a text effectively