ENGL 1102: First Year Composition II

SPRING 2018

3 Credit Hours | Prerequisite: ENGL 1101

This course is designed to develop writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by English 1101. It stresses critical reading and writing and incorporates several research methods; readings will be drawn from a wide variety of texts. A passing grade is C.

In addition to the skills acquired in English 1101, by the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Analyze, evaluate, document, and draw inferences from various sources,

2. Identify, select, and analyze appropriate research methods, research questions, and evidence for a specific rhetorical situation,

3. Use argumentative strategies and genres in order to engage various audiences,

4. Integrate others' ideas with their own,

5. Use grammatical, stylistic, and mechanical formats and conventions appropriate to rhetorical situations and audience constraints,

6. Produce well-reasoned, argumentative essays demonstrating rhetorical engagement, and

7. Reflect on what contributed to their writing process and evaluate their own work.