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Eng 102 Sylabus
School: Arts and Humanities
Course Number: ENGL102
Course Name: Effectiveness in Writing
Credit Hours: 3
Length of Course: 8 Weeks
Prerequisite: ENGL101

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ENGL102 Effectiveness in Writing (3 hours)
This course provides instruction in the writing process with a focus on persuasive and argumentative essays, and will include practice in developing a distinctive style, the methods of effective reasoning, library and on-line research. A formal research project is required. (Prerequisite: ENGL 101).

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ENGL 102 provides instruction in the writing process with a focus on persuasive and argumentative writing. It gives students practice in selecting and organizing material, thinking through ideas and

judgments logically, and in using a variety of rhetorical resources. The course prepares students for writing effectively in all undergraduate courses by sharpening the writing skills necessary to compose position papers, evaluations, proposals, and other types of assignments that demand students research a question or problem and assert an interpretation or solution.

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After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
CO-1: Produce a major writing assignment from identifying the topic to polishing a final draft; CO-2: apply principles of citing and documenting sources;
CO-3: use the discipline-appropriate resources required for the assignment;
CO-4: recognize a scholarly source; and
CO-5: apply the rhetorical principles to inform, persuade, or argue as needed.
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