ENG 100I - Composition Intensive

(3 units)

Students will explore rhetorical processes, emphasizing audience, purpose and occasion of writing. Students will also receive an extensive background in strategies of planning, drafting and revising. ENG 100I pairs with ENG 100L, which develops critical reading and integrated writing skills. (ENG 100I is equivalent to ENG 101, and those who pass ENG 100I move directly into ENG 102.)

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Corequisite(s): ENG 100L. Recommended first writing course for students with ACT English or ACT ELA below 18 or SAT Reading/Writing below 480. See the Core Writing section of this catalog for placement information.

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 including first-hand experience, relevant perspectives, and expert voices when composing.
5. employ flexible strategies for drafting, reviewing, revising, rewriting, and editing.
6. recognize and understand the value of different languages and dialects of English.
7. use spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation conventions that meet genre- and audience-based expectations.

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