Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ICS-0235
Organization's ID:
ENG300
Organization:
Location:
Online
Length:
Self-paced over 52 weeks (135 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 English composition II
Description

Objective:

This course objective is to introduce how to plan a paper with sources, find sources, take notes, and write a paper; students are guided through the processes as they write a literary analysis, an extended definition, an analysis of a short story, an argumentation essay, and a final paper.

Learning Outcomes:

  • differentiate between the organizing, drafting, revising, and documenting processes related to a research project
  • point out the necessity of describing, illustrating, classifying, dividing, and defining your writing
  • analyze the process of comparison and contrasting in developing literary content; prepare an essay using comparison and contrast
  • analyze the fundamentals of the writing process
  • categorize the planning and evaluating methods of a research project and the sources
  • point out the sources of research and the methods of working with them
  • prepare illustrative essay based on a specified topic
  • categorize the steps, elements, and strategies of writing and evaluating arguments
  • prepare a cause and effect essay on a specified topic

General Topics:

  • Fundamentals of the writing process
  • Planning and evaluating methods
  • Research
  • Writing
  • Analyzing literary content
  • Writing and evaluating arguments
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials

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