ENGL 1010A - Honors Intro to Writing (EN)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

English

Description:

Partially fulfills General Education English requirement. Designed to improve students' abilities to read, analyze, and write expository papers. Provides opportunities to write and revise a number of essays. Activities, library research, portfolios, writing to a style guide, and tests may also be used to prepare students to write college level papers. Successful completers (Grade C or higher) will be prepared to take ENGL 2010. Honors designation indicates greater student interaction, higher level of inquiry, and public presentation of a research project. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Evaluate evidence and logic - including the identification of underlying assumptions, biases, and fallacies - in various texts. 2. Apply relevant, convincing, and effective evidence and logic in a variety of oral and written interactions. 3. Participate in the process of collaborative learning as it relates to reading and writing. 4. Compose an essay with a precise thesis statement that controls the selection, structure, and presentation of material. 5. Create competent essays and paragraphs through the writing process using standard written English. 6. Incorporate research into essays through adequate quotation, paraphrasing and summarizing. 7. Explain and avoid plagiarism. Prerequisites: Honors, Admission to the Utah Tech Honors Program OR program director permission; Writing, ACT/English placement score 19 or higher; Reading, ACT/reading-placement score 17 or higher. FA

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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