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| Section I. FOUNDATION SKILLS | ||
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| 1. | COURSE NUMBER: ENGL 102 | SEMESTER HOURS: 3 |
| COURSE TITLE: English Composition II | ||
| 2. | COURSE FORMAT: Workshop, class discussions, and occasional lectures (all graduate assistants). Average enrollment: 20. | |
| 3. | COURSE OBJECTIVES: (a) to reinforce what was learned in Composition I; (b) to help students read more critically; (c) to help students observe the world around them and formulate questions about what they think and feel; (d) to help students learn how to conduct research in and out of the library; (e) to teach students methods of argumentation; and (f) to teach students how to write and document their research. | |
| 4. | DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION: A major goal of Composition II is to prepare students to write in the University, as well as teach students to observe the world, ask questions, formulate hypotheses, research for answers and more questions, and share with others what they've discovered. At the same time, students will learn the basic skills of summary, paraphrase, documentation, etc. All of this together will help them become better readers and better writers, both in the University and in the world. | |
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REQUIRED READING: - McClelland, New American Rhetoric: A Multicultural Approach
(1993); Clines and Cobb, Research Writing Simplified (1993). |
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING: -Four papers (includes rewriting and invention activities, multiple
drafts, polishing drafts). |
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| 7. | SUBSTITUTIONS: None | 6/20/01 |
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