ENGL 110 - College Writing Strategies

5 Credits

English 110 is a mandatory support course for English 101 as part of the ten-credit English 101 PLUS SUPPORT course. The content directly supports the reading, critical thinking, and writing goals of English 101. Therefore, it can only be taken in the linked context of the English 101 course, and not as a standalone course. English 110 credits can transfer as an elective.

Pre-requisite(s) ENGL 081 min 2.0
Placement Eligibility English 099 or higher
Fees

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Designed to Serve This course is offered only in conjunction with English 101 and provides metacognitive skill development for students needing to pay extra attention to college processes such as editing and vocabulary building and reading strategies that allow students to more effectively summarize, integrate and respond to other texts.
Active Date 2015-02-10

Grading System Credit/Non-Credit
Class Limit 25
Shared Learning Environment Yes
Contact Hours: Lecture 55 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
Transferable Elective Yes
Course Outline

1) accurate summary, paraphrase, and explanation skills of visual and written texts

2) substanative assessment skills of one’s own writing and of others’ writing;

3) identification of the relationship between audience and writing conventions

4) pre-writing skills

5) distinguishment of one’s own words from the words of others in self-authored texts

6) selection and evaluation of appropriate sources for use in one’s writing.

Student Learning Outcomes
Accurately summarize, paraphrase, and explain the meaning of written and visual texts

Substantively assess own writing and writing of others

Practice pre-writing skills and produce pre-writing items (like brainstorming, outlining, note-taking, etc with a consideration of assignment and context)

Clearly and accurately distinguish own words and ideas from the words and ideas of others in one's own writing.

Select and evaluate appropriate, credible sources for use in one's own writing.