Description
The second course in the college composition sequence, English 1302 develops studentsability to read analytically and to write clear, logical, rhetorically astute,
substantiated arguments appropriate for academic and public discourse. Students
learn to use library and information technologies to locate, evaluate and select
relevant and authoritative evidence. Effectively incorporating and appropriately
documenting sources and understanding the ethics of academic discourse is
emphasized. This course helps students further develop an expressive, grammatical
and coherent writing style. Major assignments might include definitional,
evaluative, ethical, narrative and proposal arguments. Students must pass the
writing portion of the THEA while enrolled in this course, unless they have alreadypassed it.