ENG 085 - College Literacy I

Institution:

Westmoreland County Community College

Subject:

English

Description:

College Literacy I develops proficiency in integrated and contextualized reading and writing skills and strategies. Topics include reading and writing processes, critical thinking strategies and recognition and composition of well-developed, coherent and unified texts. Students will also cover the fundamentals of study strategies, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and sentence and paragraph structure. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate and apply those skills toward an understanding of a variety of complex academic and career texts while also composing texts, incorporating relevant, valid evidence. Students who pass ENG 085 with a B or C may register for ENG 095/ENG 161. The criteria for exempting from ENG 095 are as follows A in the course overall, A on the final assessment and a score of 1300 or higher on the Lexile Locator.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Placement Test

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.westmoreland.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 925-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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