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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Placement test scores indicating ENG* K094 or successful completion of IDS K024 or ESL* 061 with a "C#" grade or better. This is a fundamental course in understanding the ideas of others as well as expressing one's own. This course provides instruction in reading, discussion, and writing skills, which develop thinking and ideas. Through participating in the three processes, students will come to understand how one supports the other, and how clear and directed thinking depends upon them. This course is preparation for ENG* K100, ENG* K101, and other courses, which require critical thinking and the communication of ideas. Emphasis is placed on strategies for improved reading and writing, comprehension skills, vocabulary, paragraph and essay development, grammar, and summarizing. (Course does not count towards the minimum credit requirements for graduation.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Placement test score indicating ENG* K100 or completion of ENG* K094 with a "C#" grade or better. This course emphasizes the close relationship between writing and critical reading. Reading assignments will include contemporary and classical writers. Compositions will be assigned in response to the readings. This course is preparation for ENG* K101 and other courses requiring critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. This course is not open to students who have completed ENG* K101.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Placement test score indicating ENG* K101 or successful completion of ENG* K100 with a "C" grade or better. College Composition engages students in critical observation, reading, and writing. The course prepares the student for the exposition, analysis, and argument required in college writing, and for meeting the conventions of college English. Writing assignments require that students develop their own points of view and demonstrate understanding of complex ideas and issues. Methods for research, including use of the library, appropriate documentation, and incorporation of sources in original papers will be taught through assigned writings. A placement test is required prior to enrollment.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG* K101 or permission of the instructor. Students learn how to read serious literature, how to develop an interpretation, and how to explain and support their ideas in writing. Through the study of selected works of fiction, poetry, and drama, students learn the elements of textual analysis and become familiar with the ways in which other critical approaches affect interpretation. In addition to continued instruction in composition, students are required to read and write frequently.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENG* K101 with a "C" grade or permission of the instructor. This course is designed to further develop and refine expository writing skills for both academic and popular audiences. Assignments will stress interpretation, argumentation and critical thinking, with an emphasis on clarity, style and organization.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG* K101. This course is designed for students who want to develop writing skills needed in the workplace. After targeting an audience, students will complete an array of assignments: memos, instructions, proposals, formal analytical reports, etc. Topics for these assignments will relate to the student's major. Students will learn how to format pages, incorporate visuals into their writing, and give brief oral reports based on their written assignments. Students should have familiarity with word processing before enrolling in the course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG* K101 with a "C" grade or better. This course challenges assumptions students may have about language by examining the diversity and changes of the English language. Topics include the nature of language, a brief history of the English language, ethnic and regional varieties of English, grammar issues, the mass media's use of language, and social aspects of language.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG* K102 or permission of the instructor. This course surveys the elements, structure, technique and evolution of the novel in the Western literary tradition. Writing assignments will stress critical analysis including the incorporation of various critical approaches.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENG* K102 or permission of the instructor. This course explores the unique elements of the short story form, its historical and artistic development, and the stories of outstanding writers. Writing assignments will stress critical analysis including the incorporation of various critical approaches.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENG* K102 or permission of the instructor. This course explores the elements of poetry from traditional forms to contemporary ones. Readings will be selected from the ancients to the moderns, from different cultures, and from different historical and literary periods. Writing assignments will stress critical analysis including the incorporation of various critical approaches.
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