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ENG 100J - Composition Studio

(5 units)
Intensive instruction and practice in writing the expository essay; supplemental practice in analyzing scholarship for audience, purpose, thesis, support, logic, style, conventions; workshop in revising and editing for style, grammar, usage. Fulfills ENG 101  prerequisite for ENG 102 . Credit may be earned in only one of ENG 100I  and ENG 100J.

Prerequisite(s): ACT English score of 18 or SAT Verbal score of 440 or revised SAT Reading/Writing score of 420.

Units of Lecture: 5
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to construct arguments focused on a specific purpose.
2. Students will be able to construct arguments that anticipate the needs of different readers.
3. Students will be able to recognize the differences among kinds of writing situations and be able to reproduce the conventions associated with a specific situation when writing an argument to address it.
4. Students will be able to combine knowledge from a variety of reliable sources including personal expertise when constructing an argument.
5. Students will be able to demonstrate critical reading skills when interpreting, analyzing, discussing, and evaluating of a variety of texts.
6. Students will be able to develop standards of “good writing” by which students can evaluate their own and classmates’ essays during revision.
7. Students will be able to use productive strategies for generating, organizing, revising, and editing when writing arguments.
8. Students will be able to write understandable, efficient sentences that follow the general conventions of usage, spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation in standard written English; check for conventions about which they are unsure.  


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