Feather River College Course Outline
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ENGL 101
Composition and Reading
1. Discipline Name/No.
2. Course Title
***FOR OFFICE OF INSTRUCTION ONLY***
Curriculum Adoption: 10/19/2006BA
Formerly: ENGL101
Course Static ID: ENG 101
Date Created:
Date Revised: 12/2/97
TOPS: 1501.00
Course Classification:
(Check all that apply)
CIP: 23.0101
Classification: A
Basic Skills:
Vocational:
Transfer:
Other:
PAC: 1501
SAM: G
3. Units: 33
Total Instructional Hours: 54
Course Length:
4. Method of Instruction (MOI)—state in hrs/wk
Lec: 3
Code: 02
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5A. Part of State Approved Program:
Yes
B. Certificate of Achievement Applicable:
No
Yes
6. Check all appropriate boxes for Grading Method:
Graded
CR/NC
Student Option (grades/CR)
No
Non-credit
By Examination
7. Course Prerequisite(s): and/or Advisories:
English 020 or placement test
8. Catalog Description:
College-level expository writing based on critical reading of influential writers contributing to cultural literacy.
Emphasizes the analysis of ideas in oral and written form. Concentration on the essay and the research paper as
resources for expression and argumentation. Each student will write between 6,000 and 8,000 words.
9. Course Transfer:
Non-transfer/Non-AA —
Pre-collegiate Basic Skills
Basic Skills, not Pre-collegiate
Not Basic Skills
Non-transfer AA
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Feather River College Course Outline
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10. Topic Outline:
Critical Reading
Pre-reading: getting a sense of the thesis
Annotation: highlighting specifics
Questioning: raising and evaluating issues
Reviewing: summarizing content, style, rhetorical devices
Forming ideas: developing systematic responses to challenging ideas
The above principles applied to expository prose of varying content, form, style and length (essay, book) in a) directed
reading assignments, b) lecture, and c) discussion and argumentation.
Writing Effective Expository Prose
Essay form, characteristics: structure -- prewriting; clustering, process; outline; introduction, body, conclusion;
transitions; topic sentences, supporting details.
Resources of different essay types: analysis; cause and effect; definition; argumentation; comparison and contrast.
Research paper: limiting a thesis, supporting facts and arguments; process -- sequential steps; using library reference
material; bibliography and footnotes; note-taking, documentation; essay structure; (grammar, usage, and style reviewed
as needed).
11. Major Course Goals:
1. Enhance critical thinking
2. Develop cultural knowledge
3. Preparation and development of college level writing and thinking
12. Student Learning Outcomes:
For Reading
1. Identify and assess the major claims and sub-claims of an essay including warrants and supporting evidence.
2. Analyze and balance an authors claims and arguments
3. Synthesize ideas and counter-arguments as a response to a reading.
For Writing:
1. Develop an appropriate topic with background and justification.
2. Construct a thesis with sub-claims and evidence.
3. Synthesize ideas, claims, and warrants into argumentative essays
4. Extend essay writing skills beyond the 5-paragraph model in terms of style and content.
13. Method of Assessing Student Learning:
For Reading:
1. Written and oral response to readings involving critique and synthesis
For Writing:
1. Students produce writing with clear topic paragraphs (thesis), topic sentences, use of argumentation.
2. Students produce a research paper using source material, including periodicals, books, and internet resources.
3. Students produce writing on complex subjects that requires strategies beyond the 5-paragraph model.
4. Pre- and post- tests of in class writing skills conducted at the beginning and end of the term.
14. List or give examples of out-of-class assignments:
Assigned reading and response; writing assigned essays on a variety of topics
15. Methods of Course Instruction:
Lecture, discussion, small group activity when appropriate.
16. Repeatability:
None
17. Educational Materials:
Composition reader or rhetoric’s such as: The Bedford Reader, Little Brown Reader, Open Questions, or the equivalent.
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