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Course Descriptions & Syllabi

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COURSE NUMBER:		ENGL101
COURSE TITLE:		Rhetoric and Composition I
DIVISION:		Liberal Arts
IAI CODE(S):		C1 900
SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS:		3.0
DELIVERY MODE:		Eight traditional in class sections offered Fall and Spring semester. Two online sections offered Fall and Spring semester.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Required of all transfer students. Training and practice in comprehension and expression of written English. Qualifying placement score, grade in DEVE 098/099, or grade of “C” in English 121 required. Placement is still preliminary until a writing sample has been evaluated by the instructor during the first week of class.

PREREQUISITES:
Place into ENGL101 with approved and documented placement test scores (writing & reading) or by completing ENGL121 with a grade of C or better.

NOTES: Students are expected to produce a writing sample of connected paragraphs that: 1) summarizes a reading, 2) responds with a focused argument to a specific prompt based on the reading, 3) demonstrates adequate control of the conventions of standard, written American English.

COURSE OBJECTIVES / GOALS:
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
Upon successful completion of ENGL 101, students will be able to:

1. Understand and analyze a variety of different texts, including academic discourse.
2. Understand writing as a recursive process and write utilizing a variety of invention, composing, and revising strategies.
3. Produce texts that exhibit control of a variety of persuasive techniques.
4. Produce texts that exhibit a controlling sense of purpose and/or a unifying thesis and an appropriate voice and style.
5. Utilize writing as a means of self-discovery to produce texts designed to persuade a reader of the writer’s commitment.
6. Interact effectively with sources, including employing in-text citation, in order to meet the writer’s purpose with confidence that the sources have been represented fairly.
7. Demonstrate satisfactory control of the conventions of written American English and the conventions of document format and presentation.
8. Better evaluate their own writing and that of their peers.

TOPICAL OUTLINE:
Persuasive and expressive writing, summary and response
Writing contexts: audiences, genre/form, purpose
Persuasive strategies: classical appeals, Rogerian
Critical reading and summarizing strategies
Organizational patterns and strategies
Invention, drafting, critiquing, revising strategies

TEXTBOOK / SPECIAL MATERIALS:
DACC English 101 Course Pack-DACC writing faculty

EVALUATION:
Each paper will be assigned a grade of "A" through "F" or points after the student has been given an opportunity to revise.  Students may also be given the opportunity for additional revision at the end of the semester. 75% of the final grade will be determined based on at least 5 full length (700-1,000 word) essays. 15-20% will come from in-class activities: writing exercises, quizzes, discussion, peer editing/group work. 5-10% of the final grade will be based on a final examination to include either paragraph or essay questions.

Type and length of assignments

Types of essays will include persuasive (700-1,000 words), expressive (700-1,000), summary and response (450), and interpretive (700-1,000). For all assignments students may be required to complete invention/pre-writing and peer critiquing activities.

Criteria

Overall Quality of Thought - Writing represents college-level thinking.
Thesis or Focus - Thesis unifies the paper, is well reasoned, and is appropriate for purpose and readers.
Development - Paper develops the thesis appropriately for readers and purpose.  Content demonstrates interrogation of the subject, insight, reflective thinking, persuasive strategies, and/or explanations of abstractions as warranted by intended readers and purpose.
Organization - Paper is arranged appropriately for readers and purpose and demonstrates a recognizable organizational pattern.  Discourse is coherent as demonstrated through appropriate use of transitional elements, consistent verb tenses, and pronoun usage.
Voice, Sentence Structure, Sentence Variety, and Diction  Style is appropriate for topic, readers, purpose, and college-level writing.
Conventions - Writer demonstrates competency with grammar, sentence boundaries, spelling, punctuation, and format.

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REVISION:
Spring 2012

RECORD UPDATED:
2012-11-01 09:43:00