ENG 063 - Writing:Introduction to the Essay

Institution:

Connecticut State Community College Tunxis

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Description:

3 credits (ENG-001) (89-100) Students learn to write short essays based on personal experience, reading, and observation. Writing is taught as a means of thinking critically and as a vehicle for developing, organizing, and refining ideas. Students learn the stages of the writing process from inventing to drafting and revising. The course develops students' skills in writing narrative, descriptive, and expository essays. Within this context, word, sentence and paragraph skills within the essay are stressed. Attention is given to spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, word choice, and organization and development of ideas. This course does not satisfy an English requirement or an elective in any degree program; neither do its credits count toward graduation. It prepares students for Writing: Introduction to Composition. Prerequisite: Appropriate Placement Test score.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Tunxis.Commnet.Edu

Phone Number:

(860) 255-3500

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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