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Catalog Description:
Emphasizes critical writing, reading, and thinking with attention to rhetorical elements such as
argumentative structure, audience, and purpose. Students learn types of college writing and research
techniques; report, synthesize, and draw conclusions from their readings; document the use of sources;
and practice the writing process.
Prerequisites: Recommended by Accuplacer assessment or Grade of C or higher in Read 93/94 and Eng
99.
Topics: Topics covered and time allotments.
Rhetorical elements
Expository writing techniques
Persuasive/argumentative writing techniques
Introduction to research skills
Critical responses to texts
Elements of logical reasoning
Revision and editing skills
MLA and APA documentation standards
--It is unrealistic to assign time allotments to these topics because they overlap in significant ways. For
example, students will investigate rhetorical elements while they demonstrate expository writing
techniques and revise/edit.
If Qualifying Request for MN Transfer Curriculum, check here
and select 1 or 2 Goals and their Competencies:
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OUTCOMES:
(Include thinking skills/thinking abilities
objective(s). A minimum of four measurable course
outcomes required.)
- Respond critically to texts
- Demonstrate knowledge of the writing process
- Write effective argumentative and expository
essays in formal edited English
- Document use of sources appropriately
OUTCOME MEASURES:
(Indicate any activity that demonstrates student
competence and ways in which the faculty member
will ascertain the student learning outcomes.)
- Formal and informal essays (expository/
argumentative)
- Revisions
- Written critical responses to texts
- Tests, quizzes
Fall:
Every Fall
Spring:
Every Spring
Summer:
Every Summer
A F:
P / F:
A-NC Dev. Only:
All changes are effective the next Fall semester unless noted
Both:
Submitted by:
Name(s): English Department (Richard Jewell)
Email(s) to receive copies. Tab after each entry:
2 emails in list: richard@jewell.net
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE ACTION:
Academic Council Chair
Date Approved
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