IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF INDIANA COURSE OUTLINE ANDCOURSE SYLLABUSENGLISH COMPOSITIONENG 111Fall 2008INSTRUCTOR: Nicole Williams Nwilliams109@ivytech.eduOffice Phone (BSU) 765-285-0035
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COURSE TITLE
: English Composition
COURSE NUMBER
: ENG 111
PREREQUISITES
: Demonstrated competency through appropriateassessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENG 025 Introduction toCollege Writing II and ENG 032 Reading Strategies for College II
SCHOOL
: Liberal Arts and Sciences
PROGRAM
: General Education
Credit Hours:
3
Contact Hours:
3 lecture
Date of Last Revision:
Spring, 2004
Effective Date of This Revision:
Fall, 2008
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
English Composition is designed to develop students’ abilities to think,organize, and express their ideas clearly and effectively in writing. Thiscourse incorporates reading, research, and critical thinking. Emphasis isplaced on the various forms of expository writing such as process,description, narration, comparison, analysis, persuasion, and argumentation.A research paper is required. Numerous in-class writing activities arerequired in addition to extended essays written outside of class.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:1.Understand communication theory and the roles audiences play in thewriting process.2.Apply critical reading and thinking skills to the writing process.3.Demonstrate an awareness of language as a tool for learning andcommunication.4.Develop strategies for making independent, critical evaluations ofstudent and published texts.5.Research and critically evaluate information to produce writing withAPA or MLA formal
documentation, which consists of in-text citationsand final list of all sources cited.6.Apply strategies for the composition process such as drafting,collaboration, revision, and peer evaluation to produce writtendocuments.7.Write well-organized essays with a firm thesis and a clearintroduction, body, and conclusion.8.Engage in pre-writing activities, including narrowing a topic,generating ideas, determining the audience and the relationship betweenaudience and content, and setting an appropriate tone.
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9.Demonstrate an understanding of the various rhetorical modes, includingargumentation and analysis, and apply that understanding in variouswriting environments, including an essay test.10.Support a thesis statement with valid reasons and evidence.11.Follow the conventions of standard written English, in sentencestructure, punctuation, grammar and usage, and spelling.12.Recognize and develop styles appropriate to varied writing situations.
COURSE CONTENT:
Topical areas of study will include --Reading and thinking criticallyGenerating ideasIdentifying an audienceDeveloping a thesisOrganizing the essayUsing rhetorical modes includingexposition, argumentation andanalysisPrewriting, drafting, editing, andrevisingConducting library and otherresearch methodsFollowing conventions of standardwritten EnglishWriting essay examsGathering, evaluating, and usingsources for researchParaphrasing, summarizing, andquotingDocumenting sources (MLA and/or APA)Developing styleAvoiding plagiarism
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