2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Dec 03, 2024  
2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

ENG 101 - College Composition I

ENG 1101
Description: Composing expository and argumentative essays for specific audiences. Emphasis on the processes of writing, reading and critical thinking. Introduction to research and documentation.

Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on the English skills assessment. Reading Proficiency.

General Education Competency: Written Communication

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. Essay content
  2. Organization and structure
  3. Purpose and audience
  4. Language
  5. Grammar and punctuation
  6. Research

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Write thesis statements. (1)
  2. Select content and details. (1)
  3. Use organizational strategies. (2)
  4. Apply reasoned development strategies reflecting knowledge about a topic. (2)
  5. Use persuasive reasoning. (3)
  6. Select and apply voice. (3)
  7. Apply sentence structure strategies. (4)
  8. Incorporate purposeful, varied and appropriate vocabulary. (4)
  9. Apply conventions of standard written English. (5)
  10. Locate and evaluate information. (6)
  11. Analyze and interpret information. (6)
  12. Integrate and document information. (6)

Required Assessment:
  1. A minimum of 4,500 words of monitored student writing.