WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE CODING APPROVAL FORM
Indicate course type: WorkForce
Academic
Transitional Studies
For Information Only
Section 1 (To be completed by the Department)
* Required only if making a change to existing course.
Old Course Dept/Number:*
Effective Year/Quarter: 2014 Fall
New Course Dept/Number:
1003
Old Course Title:*
New Course Title:
ABE English Language Arts
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Explanation (if necessary): This is a new course for the High School 21 program.
Credit (if variable, show range):
1-9
Total Contact Hours:
Lecture (10 hrs = 1 cr):
Lab (20 hrs = 1 cr):
Clinical (30 hrs = 1 cr):
Other (50 hrs = 1 cr):
Fulfill Degree Requirement:
Degree Title(s):
Degree Requirement Category:
100
80
20
Yes
No
(i.e., Communication, Natural Science, Related Instruction, Elective)
Course Description:
This course is designed for students seeking an adult high school diploma through the High School 21
program, students studying for the GED exam, and students seeking educational enrichment. In this
course, students will increase their confidence and ability in writing and reading for academic
purposes, employment, and everyday life. Course content emphasizes the mechanics of writing as well
as strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. The reading component of this course
focuses on interpreting and analyzing a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and
informational. This course is designed to prepare students for a successful transition to college-level
courses and to develop the behaviors and values relevant to success in higher education and the labor
market. Students who successfully complete this course will earn a High School 21 credit in English.
WAC 180 51-061 CASAS post-test will be given after 45 hours of instruction.
Prerequisite (if required):
Section 2 (To be completed by Dean)
Class Capacity
25
Continuous (enroll throughout qtr) or Continuous
Sequential (enroll at start of qtr)
Inst. Intent
11
12
Admin Unit
D8
Limited Proficiency English
Yes X No
Org Index
ADRC
Academic Disadvantaged
Yes
No
CIP
32.0230
Workplace Component
Yes
No
Is this course now planned to be part of an approved Vocational Preparatory program?
If “Yes”, list the 3-digit Education Program Code (EPC)
X
Submitted By:
Date:
Dean:
Date:
Diana Herrmann (Academic
Transfer only)
Date
Linda Sherman:
Date
Section 3 (To be completed upon Curriculum Committee Review)
Vice President of
Lab Fee
Class Fee 1
Class Fee Cd 1
Class Fee 2
Class Fee Cd 2
Yes
92
No
X
Instruction:
(Rev. Nov. 2013)
Date
Walla Walla Community College
Master Course Outline
Dept/Div:
Course Number:
Title:
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Credits:
Contact hours per quarter:
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Quarter(s) Offered:
Quarterly Schedule Course
Description:
Transitional Studies
ABE English Language Arts
D
1-9
100
Lecture
80
Lab
100
M2
Summer
Fall x Winterx Spring x Even Year
20
Clinical
Odd Year
This course is designed for students seeking an adult high school diploma
through the High School 21 program, students studying for the GED
exam, and students seeking educational enrichment. In this course,
students will increase their confidence and ability in writing and reading
for academic purposes, employment, and everyday life. Course content
emphasizes the mechanics of writing as well as strategies to develop and
organize complex ideas in writing. The reading component of this course
focuses on interpreting and analyzing a variety of texts, including fiction,
nonfiction, and informational. This course is designed to prepare
students for a successful transition to college-level courses and to
develop the behaviors and values relevant to success in higher education
and the labor market. Students who successfully complete this course
will earn High School 21 credit in English. WAC 180 51-061 CASAS
post-test will be given after 45 hours of instruction.
Catalog Course Description:
Prerequisite:
Co-requisite:
Recommended:
Instructor Permission:
Additional Information:
(i.e. cross listed course)
Intended Learning
Outcomes:
CASAS 201
(if needed)
X
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Yes
No
Organize and analyze information and reflect upon its meaning
in order to draw sound conclusions.
Assess how authors structure text and deploy vocabulary for
specific writing purposes and audiences, and apply these
strategies to their own writing.
Analyze the ways in which purpose and audience shape the
construction of a text.
Deploy strategies to plan, organize, and structure complex ideas
to produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
Appropriately moderate vocabulary (including idiom,
colloquialisms and cultural references), sentence structure,
voice, tone, rhetorical forms, and style for a variety of audiences
and purposes.
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Course Topics:
Latest Outline Revision:
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Critically and reflexively evaluate writing and deploy strategies
for revising.
Use computer technology and learning management systems to
access new information, produce written work, and access and
submit course materials.
Interpreting and analyzing nonfiction, fiction, and informational
text
 Writing effective sentences
 Developing and connecting ideas
 Writing about text and revising
 Using grammar correctly
 Utilizing writing mechanics and writing conventions
June 2014