ENC 1101 - 1591
English Composition
Semester: Spring 2013
Instructor: Ms. Nancy Fletcher
Campus: Sanford/Lake Mary
Building: UP
Room: 3205
English Office phone: 407-708-2060
Email: FletcherN@seminolestate.edu
Days: Monday evening
Hours: 6:30 - 9:15pm
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisite: College Prep reading and writing requirements must be fulfilled
Textbooks: Lunsford, Everything's An Argument with Readings, 5th ed. Kirszner & Mandell, The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 7th ed. Tensen, Research Strategies for a Digital Age, 4th ed.
Course Description: This is a course in the process of expository writing. Students will read essays and compose papers that are unified, organized, logically developed and supported, clearly stated, and well- focused. Research techniques are introduced and incorporated into at least one composition. This course partially satisfies the writing requirement—6,000 words (S.B.E., 6A-10.30). Students must pass the core assignments with a 'C' or better.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to • demonstrate competence in written standard English usage, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphing, and other fundamentals of writing • develop effective essays determined by purpose and audience • demonstrate awareness of writing as a dynamic process with rough drafts, substantive revisions, proofreading, and editing • recognize, incorporate, and combine patterns of exposition/rhetorical modes • use critical and original thinking in course assignments • employ field and library research in the creation of at least one essay, and document using parenthetic MLA format • employ the use of computers for word processing and/or researching all essays
Core Assignments: In order to pass ENC1101, students must pass all core assignments with a grade equivalent to a 'C' or better.
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