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This course focuses on the development and improvement of reading comprehension, language competency, and writing skills. The emphasis is on discovering self as a reader and writer. Through multiple opportunities to read various texts, to write collaboratively and individually, and to share writing with others, students will experience all phases of the reading and writing processes. This course is reading-intensive and writing-intensive and designed to help develop college-level literacy skills. Credits in this course will not satisfy any certificate or degree requirement. (4 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: placement test. This course focuses on the writing process and on the composition of expository writing assignments, including personal, informational, and critical essays. Students will read and analyze expository and imaginative texts (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama). Because of duplication in course content, students who have taken ENGL 1111 English Composition I (B) should not take this course. (3 contact hours) (OT36) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: a grade of "SC" or better in ENGL 0111 or placement test. This course focuses on the writing process and on the composition of expository writing assignments, including personal, informational, and critical essays. Students will read and analyze expository and imaginative texts (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama). In addition, the course reviews the principles of writing effective sentences and paragraphs. Fulfilling all requirements of the first course in the composition sequence, this course provides an additional credit hour designed to address the developmental needs of underprepared student writers, reviewing basic grammar and principles of writing effective sentences and paragraphs. Because of duplication in course content, students who have taken ENGL 1110 English Composition I A should not take this course. (4 contact hours) (OT36) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: ENGL 1110 or ENGL 1111. This course analyzes argumentative strategies, models, and texts. Students will focus on the research process: identifying sources through electronic and print-based research strategies, evaluating research materials, and integrating and synthesizing research material. The course culminates in the production of a fully documented argumentative paper. Because of duplication in course content, students cannot receive credit for both ENGL 1120 English Composition II and ENGL 1121 English Composition II – Technical Focus. (3 contact hours) (OT36) [Catalog Entry]

This course introduces the theory and practice of creative writing. The course examines a variety of genres such as poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, or drama. Students will read and critique their own and professional writings. (3 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]

Prerequisite: ENGL 1110 or ENGL 1111. This course traces the history of writing in various genres by women in English, especially those with British and American and/or hybrid global identities and includes selections from the Middle Ages to contemporary times. Through reading, the course highlights aspects of intersectional identity, explores nuances of cultural and historical influences, engages with potential cultural biases, recognizes systemic sociocultural factors, and encourages empathy. (3 contact hours) (OT36) [Catalog Entry]