ENGL 110 – Academic Reading, Writing, and Thinking
This is a first-year, first-semester course that integrates critical reading, thinking, and composition. Students learn how to apply principles of rhetoric, analysis, and academic writing in oral and written responses to selected readings. Through a progression of increasingly challenging assignments, students develop their discursive skills through expository writing and academic argument.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Cross-Disciplinary Analysis
2. Critical Thinking and Reading
3. Academic Communication
4. Research Writing
5. Foundational English Skills
Sample Grading Scales
Research Paper…………………………………………………………………………………………….20%
Critical Analysis Essay……………………………………………………………………………………..15%
Academic Presentation…………………………………………………………………………………….10%
Participation…………………………………………………………………………………………………..5%
Summarization………………………………………………………………………………………………10%
Annotated Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………..5%
Online real-time Essay………………………………………………………………………………………5%
Final Examination………………………………………………………………………………………….30%
