Overview of English Composition Sequence
Introduction to College Reading and Composition I (ICRC I)
 6 non-credits
 2 days/week in a regular class room and 2 days/week in a computer lab
 Students place directly into this course by the placement test
 An intensive developmental course designed to provide students with the foundations needed for
academic reading and writing
Introduction to College Reading and Composition II (ICRC II)
 4 non-credits
 1 day/week in a regular classroom and 1 day/week in a computer lab
 Students can place directly into this course by the placement test or by the Portfolio Session
 An intensive developmental course designed to provide students with the foundations needed for
academic reading and writing
Grades for ICRC I and ICRC II:
At the end of every semester, there is a Portfolio Session that reviews completed portfolios from
students in both ICRC I and ICRC II and assigns a placement.
The placement determines the grade the student receives as follows:
 English Composition I: A
 English Composition I with Workshop: B
 ICRC II: C
 Repeat: X
 Fail and repeat: F
English Composition I with Workshop
 3 non-credits (for Workshop) and 3 college credits (for English Composition I)
 Students register for both English Composition I and the Workshop course linked to that section
of English Composition I.
 Students can place directly into this course by the placement test or by the Portfolio Session.
 This course meets all of the requirements of English Composition I but with the extra 3 noncredits, it includes more support and activities to help students meet the expectations for English
Composition I.
 Students receive a letter grade for English Composition I and Pass/Fail for English Composition
I Workshop. If a student receives a D or higher in English Composition I, they also receive a
Pass in Workshop.
English Composition I
 3 college credits
 A first-semester composition course designed to develop critical reading and thinking skills and
to write thesis-driven, text-based essays
 Students primarily read non-fiction essays.
 Students receive a letter grade. A grade of D or higher is considered passing and allows the
student to fulfill the RVCC graduation requirement and move ahead to English Composition II.
However, a grade of D does not transfer.
English Composition II
 3 college credits
 The second in a two-course composition sequence that continues to expand and refine analytical
writing and critical reading skills
 Students primarily read literature, but this course is not a literature course; it is a composition
course.
 Students receive a letter grade. A grade of D or higher is considered passing and allows the
student to fulfill the RVCC graduation requirement. However, a grade of D does not transfer.