ENGL 99 Intro to Essay Writing II

5 credits

This course provides instruction in developing thesis-driven essays with effectively integrated supporting evidence; instruction in developing writing processes necessary to create academic compositions; and instruction in applying critical-thinking skills during the processes of reading and writing. Students will write a minimum of 3500 words of finished composition during the quarter.

This course meets the Written Communication general education distribution requirement for certificates only.

Prerequisites: ELL 65 or ENGL 93 (or placement into ENGL 99)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Write well-structured, cohesive paragraphs and thesis-driven essays that effectively make use of properly cited, well-integrated supporting examples and clear analysis to suit audience and purpose
Demonstrate analysis and synthesis by reading and responding to a variety of texts
Develop and use a writing process to draft, revise, and proofread academic compositions
Demonstrate the ability to produce written work that adheres to academic writing conventions related to mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and documentation
Recognize and correctly revise common errors in student writing
Apply fundamentals of critical thinking to reading, writing, and communicating

College-Wide Learning Outcomes
This course teaches to the college-wide learning outcome of Information Literacy, the ability to recognize when information is needed, to choose the appropriate tools to locate the required information, and to effectively gather and evaluate the information.

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50