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Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog 2017-18 
    
Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog 2017-18 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 101 - English Composition I

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English Composition 1 focuses on developing students’ academic writing, close reading, and critical thinking skills. Using a writing process that includes pre-writing, drafting, instructor and peer feedback, and revision, students will produce written essays with arguable thesis statements and appropriate use of standard English.  Students will produce a total of 18-24 pages of formal polished writing in three or more source-based essays.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate comprehension and reflective reading skills, as well as the ability to annotate a text;

2. Interpret, engage with, and analyze various texts.

3. Use a writing process that includes pre-writing, drafting, instructor and peer feedback,and revision to produce written essays with arguable thesis statements and appropriate use of standard English.

4. Quote, paraphrase, begin to synthesize source material, and document appropriately to maintain academic integrity.

5. Begin to recognize rhetorical strategies and to incorporate them appropriately in their writing.

6. Complete formal and/or informal writing and/or oral assignments that ask students to identify one or more of the following dimensions of an issue or topic: ethical, social, civic, multicultural, socio-economic.

ISLOs: This course supports student development of Written and Oral Communications, Critical Thinking, and Social Responsibility.

Prerequisite(s): Completion with a grade of B or better in ENG 088, ENG 089, ENG 092, or ENG 093; or placement by exam.
Note(s): This course has been approved to meet the Core curriculum General Education Requirement.


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