2020 - 2021 Course Catalog

ENGC 0800 Fundamentals of Writing

This course focuses on the writing skills needed to produce paragraphs and short essays. During the semester, students 1) read and critically evaluate a variety of texts; 2) understand the planning and writing process for paragraphs and short essay writing; 3) communicate clear ideas, developing paragraphs with main points, supporting details, and logically sequenced sentences; 4) develop conventional grammatical sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling; 5) practice strategies to develop vocabulary and word usage skills.  Grading options are A-F or Pass/No Credit.  A grade of Pass/C or higher is required to register for ENGC 0900.

Credits

3 cr

Prerequisite

Placement into ENGC 0800 and eligible for READ 0860 or a Pass/C or higher in EAP 0760 and eligible for READ 0860

Offered

Fall, Spring