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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is taken concurrently with English 101. Students will concentrate on expressing ideas in increasingly sophisticated paragraphs while reviewing rules of grammar and punctuation. Emphasis will be placed on verb usage, common sentence errors, subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, pronoun case, plurals and possessives, and common word errors. Required of all students whose placement assessment scores and writing samples indicate the need. (Exceptions can be made for students not pursuing a degree or certificate.) Open to all students. This course does not meet associate degree graduation requirements. This course is limited to two attempts. A grade of A, B, C, D, F, W, R, or X is considered an attempt. The second attempt will require a minimum of one additional hour of instructional time each week in a designated ACM study lab.
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5.00 Credits
Students will engage in a variety of reading and writing activities, concentrating on logical interpretation of what they read and on clear expression of what they understand. Students will build their vocabularies as they encounter increasingly complex reading materials, and they will become more sophisticated writers and thinkers as they explore ideas through writing. This course fulfills the developmental requirements for students whose placement assessment scores indicate the need. Open to all students. This course does not meet associate degree graduation requirements. This course is limited to two attempts. A grade of A, B, C, D, F, W, R, or X is considered an attempt. The second attempt will require a minimum of one additional hour of instructional time each week in a designated ACM study lab.
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3.00 Credits
Students develop skills in expository and argumentative academic writing by reading and responding to texts; by engaging in the writing process of prewriting, drafting, revising and editing; and by mastering the conventions of American Edited English. The course includes instruction in research methods such as use of library resources, documentation, citation, and the avoidance of plagiarism. Credit may be conferred by way of the CLEP general examination in English composition (with essay). Students seeking to earn credit by examination should consult their advisors. Students must earn minimum grade of "C" to pass the course.
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3.00 Credits
Students further develop skills in academic writing introduced in Freshman English I by reading, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating texts, and by developing research-based argumentative essays. Research methods and use of a recognized documentation and citation style such as APA or MLA are emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Intended to introduce the student to literary forms and approaches to literary criticism, to increase his/her reading ability and analytical skills, and to lead the student to form standards of taste and judgment. Recommended for pre-law students, students in humanities or social and behavioral sciences, and all those whose chosen careers involve analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis is upon the development of practical skills in selection, organization, and presentation of data in technical reports and communications frequently used in business, industrial, and scientific fields. Additional study will be done in the methods of investigating information and writing a research report.
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3.00 Credits
Intended to systematically expand vocabulary development for improved communication skills. Emphasis placed on Greek, Latin and native English roots and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) so that the student can subsequently attempt to deduce the meaning of a new word that contains previously discussed morphemes. Contextual clues, etymology, semantic change, and the rules of spelling will also be treated.
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3.00 Credits
Students will read works, in translation, important to European and Neo-European cultures, such as selections from the Hebrew Bible, the literature of ancient Greece and Rome, Italian, French, Spanish, German and Russian literatures.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of American literature focusing on major authors and genres starting with the influence of Puritanism and following through with the fiction, drama, and poetry of the present.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of British Literature from the Old English period to the present. Students will read selections from such works as The Canterbury Tales, a Shakespeare play, and representative fiction and poetry.
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