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The AP English Language and Composition course is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes. By their writing and reading in this course, students should become aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effective writing.

Credits: 3 Catalog Description: Presents an overview of the basic rhetorical principles that apply to six aims of discourse, with particular focus on informative and persuasive discourse. Students write six to eight compositions and several examination, and learn and apply appropriate research and documentation skills. Computer labs may be used, although computer knowledge is not necessary, except for online course sections. Prerequisite: Completion of ENG100, or ESL100 with a grade of C or better, or by placement.