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Intro to College Composition (ENGL1301 (UG14))

Term: Spring Term 2015 (UNDG)

Faculty

Dylan M WalshShow MyInfo popup for Dylan M Walsh
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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM (1/12/2015 - 5/7/2015) Location: MAIN (Jackson-Moody Humanities 216 - Lecture Only)
Fri, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM (1/12/2015 - 5/7/2015) Location: MAIN (Jackson-Moody Humanities 103 - Lab Only)

Description

The first course in the college composition sequence, helps students develop critical reading skills and a clear and effective writing style appropriate for academic contexts. The course familiarizes students with academic audiences, situations, purposes, genres, and primary conventions of those genres, and introduces students to incorporating sources into their writing. Students develop planning, organizing, and revising skills. This course reviews standard American grammar and usage in the context of student writing and fosters vocabulary acquisition. Major assignments might include personal experience, comparison/contrast, analytical and persuasive essays. Students must earn at least a 'C' to progress to ENGL 1302.