ENG 101 - Composition I

(3 units)

Offers a rhetorical approach to writing and communicating, meaning students will explore writing in-context, with a range of related constraints and opportunities. This approach develops writing habits that will enable students to write effectively in their core curriculum courses, their majors and programs, and in their professional and public lives.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Recommended Preparation: ACT English of 18 or ACT ELA of 18 or SAT ERW of 480 or ENG 98.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. use reflection and feedback from others to reconsider prior knowledge about writing and construct new knowledge about writing.
2. identify features of rhetorical situations (e.g., audience, subject, composer, context, constraints, exigence, genre, and medium).
3. create purpose-driven texts that respond to a variety of rhetorical situations and that anticipate and adapt to the needs of different readers.
4. apply critical reading practices, such as annotation, analysis, and discussion, to draw on and integrate a variety of sources when composing.
5. employ flexible strategies for drafting, reviewing, revising, rewriting, and editing.
6. recognize the value of different languages, dialects, and/or registers in engaging with different rhetorical situations.
7. use spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation conventions that meet genre- and audience-based expectations.

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