ENGL 099 Intro to Essay Writing

5 credits

This course presents grammar and paragraph review and instruction in writing thesis-driven essays. Students will write a minimum of 3500 words of finished composition during the quarter.

Prerequisites: ENGL 093 (or placement into ENGL 099)

Quarters Offered: All

Global Outcomes:
This course teaches to the global outcome of Communication.

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Speak, comprehend, read and write English fluently at a college level
Apply the writing process to create finished compositions
Exercise basic critical thinking skills to analyze and express ideas in writing
Demonstrate awareness of audience in written compositions
Develop well-structured paragraphs with very few grammar mistakes
Recognize and write thesis-driven essays including introductions, developments and conclusions
Use basic editing skills to revise writing

Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50