ENGL 1005A College Writing I
Catalog Description
First course in two term sequence, focused on reading and writing to develop and communicate ideas. Instruction in strategies for planning, composing, and revising college writing that incorporates authorities, examples, arguments, and facts to write developed, supported texts.
Credit Hours: 3 lecture hour(s) per week.
Grading: ABC-/NC (Undergraduate Only).
Course Description
ENGL 1005A is the first course in a two-term first-year college writing course intended for students who would benefit from having two terms to complete a first-year writing course. Students who complete ENGL 1005A successfully in the Fall enroll in the second term (ENGL 1005B) of the year-long writing course in the Spring. In both ENGL 1005A and ENGL 1005B, students develop strategies for using writing to explore, interpret, and communicate information about themselves and their lives; use writing as a tool to learn and to discover; develop critical reading strategies; develop a sense of purpose and audience; develop their ability to reduce sentence-level errors in their writing; and increase their ability to use writing to accomplish their own goals in the university and society. Successful completion of both ENGL 1005A and ENGL 1005B satisfies the General Education Written Communication requirement (GE A2).
ENGL 1005B College Writing II
Catalog Description
Second course in two-term sequence, focused on reading and writing to develop and communicate ideas. Instruction in strategies for planning, composing, and revising college writing that incorporates authorities, examples, arguments, and facts to write developed, supported texts.
Credit Hours: 3 lecture hour(s) per week.
Grading: ABC-/NC (Undergraduate Only).
Course Description
English 1005B is the second part of a “stretch” course program for first-year college students who successfully completed 1005A in the Fall semester. Successful completion of both courses satisfies the University’s General Education Written Communication requirement (GE A2). In English 1005B students hone the various writing techniques learned in English 1005A, which will allow them to produce analytical, academic essays. The purpose of this course is to help students further develop their ability to respond to texts, think critically, compose expository essays, and prepare for classes beyond 1005B. Students will learn how to effectively communicate ideas and arguments tailored to a specific audience. In order to achieve this, students will complete three thematic units consisting of selected readings. These readings will call upon students to make use of rhetorical elements in their writing, such as audience awareness, tone, and purpose. Students will draw on the assigned readings, homework, and corresponding class discussions to formulate cohesive arguments in their essays.
Learning Outcomes (same for both 1005A and 1005B)
- Apply fundamental rhetorical strategies used to produce university-level writing, especially
- modify content and form according to the rhetorical situation, purpose, and audience
- appropriately use authorities, examples, facts, and other forms of persuasive evidence to support an argument or position
- vary stylistic options to achieve different effects
- Think critically to analyze a rhetorical situation or text and make thoughtful decisions based on that analysis, through writing, reading, and research
- Develop an effective writing process that includes flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
- Incorporate textual evidence through quotation, summary, and paraphrase into their essays and appropriately cite their sources
- Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and style
- Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Use electronic environments for drafting, reviewing, revising, editing, and sharing texts
ENGL 1005A/B Essay Requirements
Prewrite, draft, write, and revise at least three formal essays (750-1000 words in length each). The essays will be written in a variety of genres, assume a variety of rhetorical approaches, respond to a rhetorical situation, address a specific audience, address a variety of viewpoints, and articulate a stance. The essays will incorporate outside texts.