ENG 101 Composition I

(C1 900)
Prerequisite: ENG 099 with a grade of C or better, qualifying placement via multiple measures, or enrollment in an ENG 099 corequisite course
3 lectures per week: 3 hrs transfer credit
This is the first course in the composition sequence. It provides an introduction to college-level writing, with emphasis on rhetorical knowledge, analysis of a diverse range of texts, and conventions of various genres, with special attention to academic writing. Students will develop flexible strategies for critical thinking, reading, and composing processes. This course requires a minimum of four college-level academic writing assignments, totaling a minimum of 5,000 formal/revised words, at least one writing assignment should be a minimum of 1,250 words. Note: Students must receive a course grade of “C” or better in order to pass the course.