ENGL 121 College Composition
This course guides students through the expository writing process and the rhetorical arts of argument and persuasion through critical thinking and research. Students will examine the relationship among writer, audience, and purpose, and practice writing through a recursive process. Students will develop an understanding of themselves as responsible readers and writers of global, contemporary critical discourse. Students completing this course successfully should be able to write persuasive, researched and documented essays (of at least 1,000 words) demonstrating the conventions of standard written English and manuscript presentation. ENGL 121 transfers as university-parallel freshman English. A grade of C or higher is required for successful completion of this course.
Prerequisite
Eligibility to enroll in
ENGL 121 is based on English placement test scores or the successful completion of required developmental English course work
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Demonstrate an understanding of various writing invention strategies for generating ideas and gathering
information for scholarly inquiry and research.
- 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships among writer, audience, and purpose.
- 3. Formulate clear thesis statements.
- 4. Employ appropriate analysis, argument, summary, reflection, or description that includes relevant evidence, data, and examples to support well-defined claims.
- 5. Organize ideas logically and appropriately to support the thesis statement.
- 6. Plan, edit, revise, proofread, and work with feedback to achieve more effective communication of ideas.
- 7. Employ critical thinking skills as an effective reader and writer.
- 8. Identify and explain global perspectives.
- 9. Effectively determine, locate, evaluate, and use appropriate sources of information ethically.
- 10. Demonstrate advanced conceptual skills and knowledge of researched writing conventions and documentation (MLA or APA).
Course Objectives
- 1. Demonstrate an understanding of various writing invention strategies for generating ideas and gathering
information for scholarly inquiry and research.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships among writer, audience, and purpose.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Written Communication Rubric
- 3. Formulate clear thesis statements.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Written Communication Rubric
- 4. Employ appropriate analysis, argument, summary, reflection, or description that includes relevant evidence, data, and examples to support well-defined claims.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Written Communication Rubric
- 5. Organize ideas logically and appropriately to support the thesis statement.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- 6. Plan, edit, revise, proofread, and work with feedback to achieve more effective communication of ideas.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Written Communication Rubric
- 7. Employ critical thinking skills as an effective reader and writer.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- 8. Identify and explain global perspectives.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- 9. Effectively determine, locate, evaluate, and use appropriate sources of information ethically.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Researched Writing Assignments
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Information Literacy Rubric
- 10. Demonstrate advanced conceptual skills and knowledge of researched writing conventions and documentation (MLA or APA).
This objective is a course Goal Only