Writing 39A - Fundamentals of Composition

Institution:

University of California-Irvine

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Description:

Seminar, three hours. Deals with the writing of expository essays, principles of rhetoric, paragraph development, and the fundamentals of sentence-level mechanics. Frequent papers, some exercises. Successful completion of Writing 39A with a letter grade of C or above satisfies the UC Entry Level Writing requirement. Students who earn a grade of C- or below must repeat the course, normally in the next quarter of residency. Prerequisite: students must have taken the UC Analytical Writing Placement Examination with placement in Writing 39A. Students must satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing requirement before the beginning of their fourth quarter of residency. Only one course from Writing 37, 39A, or 39AP may be taken for credit.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uci.edu/

Phone Number:

(949) 824-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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