English Composition 1 (ENGL 1301--13122--13130)

Instructor: Douglas Cameron

ENGL 1301 is a course devoted to improving the student’s writing and critical reading. Writing essays for a variety of purposes from personal to academic, including the introduction to argumentation, critical analysis, and the use of sources. Core Curriculum Course.

The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of writing as process.

2. Apply basic principles of critical thinking in analyzing reading selections, developing expository essays, and writing argumentative essays.

3. Analyze elements such as purpose, audience, tone, style, strategy in essays and/or literature by professional writers.

4. Write essays in appropriate academic writing style using varied rhetorical strategies.

5. Synthesize concepts from and use references to assigned readings in their own academic writing.