ENGL 1101 Rhetoric and Composition

In this writing-intensive course, students will learn to think critically, read contextually, and write persuasively by analyzing a variety of thematically linked texts. A grade of "C" is required to pass.

Registration Name

Rhetoric and Composition

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Students will develop critical reading skills by reading and discussing non-fiction essays.
2. Students will be able to apply the elements of expository prose and essay/non-fiction writing to their own academic writing.
3. Students will be able to conduct research into the cultural and historical contexts of non-fiction essays and to synthesize that research into their own essays, group projects, and discussions.
4. Students will be able to make distinctions among the various rhetorical modes of composition, patterns of development, and figurative language and to integrate those modes and patterns appropriately into their own writing.
5. Students will be able to understand the importance of syntax, word order, paragraph and sentence structure; and language.
6. Students will be able to monitor their own writing process more effectively as they begin to understand writing as process integrating revision, assessment, awareness of audience and purpose, and importance of MLA documentation, standard usage and mechanics.