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ENG 101 - Academic Writing I: Critical Reading and Responding


Description:
Develops flexible writing knowledge to adapt to writing situations across disciplines and contexts. ENG 101 and ENG 101B are equivalent courses, students may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: students must take an appropriate assessment before enrolling in an Academic Writing I course.

Credits: (5) Contact Hours: 5

General Education Category: Basic Skills 2 - English

General Education Program Component
FYE2 - Academic Writing I: Critical Reading & Responding

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • identify and analyze how a variety of print, digital, and multimodal texts are rhetorically situated, locating their purposes, claims, evidences, biases, intended audiences, and constraints,
  • read, summarize, analyze, and synthesize a variety of college-level print and multimedia sources to support and respond to a variety of ethical and objective writing goals across contexts,
  • collect secondary and primary source materials for a variety of writing goals and evaluate and analyze those materials for currency, thoroughness, reliability and reasoning,
  • define writing coherently across contexts, express ideas in coherent sentences and paragraphs, and practice drafting, revising, editing, reviewing, and discussing coherent writing,
  • cite and document source material for a purpose, context, and audience, utilizing an appropriate and expected style manual, guidelines, and writing conventions, and
  • design flexible writing plans and heuristics for writing across contexts that accommodate a variety of purposes, audiences, and constraints.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/20/2020

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Fall Locations: Ellensburg, OnlineWinter Locations: Ellensburg, OnlineSpring Locations: Ellensburg, OnlineSummer Locations: Online



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