ENG 100 - Composition I

Course Description

  • Prerequisite: "C" or higher in ENG 22/60 OR placement in ENG 100

Introduction to the rhetorical, conceptual, and stylistic demands of writing at the college level. Instruction in the composing process, search strategies, and writing from sources.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of ENG 100, the student will be able to:

  • Think clearly, logically and inventively
  • Engage in discussions and critically assess ideas
  • Identify a writer’s implied as well as literal meaning
  • Summarize, analyze and evaluate written works
  • Gather and evaluate information purposefully from electronic and print sources
  • Use writing to discover, develop and support ideas
  • Produce writing whose form, organization, syntax, diction, style and tone are appropriate for a given audience, subject and purpose.
  • Write a research paper that supports a thesis, integrates expert opinions from various sources and documents sources appropriately
  • Revise edit, and proofread for correctness, clarity and effectiveness
  • Develop a personal voice in written communication
  • Use consistency in tone and point of view