Course Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: CMPS-0028 Version: 4 Organization's ID: GAC008 Organization: ACT Education Solutions, Limited Location: Classroom-based Length: 60 hours Minimum Passing Score: 70 ACE Credit Recommendation Period: 6/1/2025 - 5/31/2028 8/1/2022 - 5/31/2025 3/1/2019 - 7/31/2022 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2018 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 English 101 Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to use reading and writing skills with increasing accuracy, fluency and confidence for academic purposes in preparation for higher education Learning Outcomes: Decode unknown vocabulary and idiom Write complex sentences which link ideas in a variety of ways Demonstrate writing skills which assist students to avoid plagiarism Use acquired knowledge and skills to research and create academic texts demonstrating synthesis of ideas Demonstrate key reading skills Demonstrate information literacy through selecting appropriate research materials and using accurate referencing and citation conventions Identify and analyze the features of general and academic text types and apply this knowledge to create written texts Write well-constructed paragraphs containing topic sentences with supporting statements, and a range of cohesive devices General Topics: Predicting content and identifying text types, audience, purpose and style Writing simple and complex sentences Review of academic essay writing skills Developing an appropriate style Review of the research process Skimming, scanning, inferring Improving paragraph writing Choosing books for research Choosing web pages for research Writing summaries Writing description of a process In-text referencing and writing a reference list Writing description of a graph or table Writing description of a process or procedure Note-making using abbreviations and symbols Practice in paraphrasing Developing notes into a summary Editing, proofing and producing a final version of the academic research essay Word attack strategies for reading: Contextual clues Word attack strategies for reading: word parts Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Classroom Exercise Computer Based Training Discussion Learner Presentations Lectures Practical Exercises Methods of Assessment: Examinations Performance Rubrics (Checklists) Presentations Quizzes Written Papers Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Equivalencies Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from ACT Education Solutions, Limited View All Courses College Credit Opportunities Page Content