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Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ABED 024 Writing Fundamentals

6 credits
This course is exclusively for students with sufficient reading, listening, and speaking skills and developing writing skills. It is intended to prepare students for entry into the ABED 046  and developmental English sequence.

Prerequisites: Appropriate CASAS and writing scores and instructor’s permission.

Quarters Offered: All

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

  • Use appropriate grammatical structures, spelling, and punctuation to write correct sentences ranging from simple to complex
  • Identify paragraph parts and organize paragraphs effectively
  • Employ different transitional words and phrases to produce paragraphs with different methods of development (narration, description, cause/effect, etc.)
  • Develop ideas into final paragraphs based on readings
  • Edit, revise, and proofread for errors in writing


Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 60