ENG 111 - College Composition I

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. 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

Accuplacer Test Score
Corequisite(s): None
Lecture Hours: 45 Lab Hours: 0
Meets MTA Requirement: English Comp
Pass/NoCredit: Yes

Outcomes and Objectives

Produce formal, first-year college-level writing
1. Address the rhetorical situation
2. Use the writing process to improve writing
3. Support a thesis statement
Practice critical thinking in reading and writing tasks
1. Identify how meaning is communicated in a piece of text
2. Interpret texts through an appropriate lens
3. Analyze and respond to the rhetorical situation in a text
Pactice basic research skills
1. Attribute and cite source material appropriately
2. Locate and evaluate credible sources
3. Incorporate source material into a text effectively