Department(s)
Course Description
(3-3-0) Core Area 010 This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating and critical analysis.
Academic Level
Undergraduate Credit
CIP Code
23.1301 - Writing, General
Course Type (Attributes)
General Academic (ACGM) (ACGM)
Locations
Athens (01), Palestine Satellite (02), Terrell Satellite (03), Online (06), Dual Credit - High School (09), Texas Dept of Corrections (05), Extension (OOD ISD Evening)
This is a Coursedog only field and is not integrated with the SIS.
Objective
Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes.
Objective
Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution.
Objective
Write in a style appropriate to audience and purpose.
Objective
Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts.
Objective
Use Edited American English in academic essays.
Objective
Recognize various types and purposes of writing.
Objective
Identify a purpose and compose main ideas for a personal essay.
Objective
Perform pre-writing activities that will contribute to the effectiveness of an essay.
Objective
Develop ideas thoroughly with details and examples.
Objective
Revise to improve content; edit to make writing conform to Edited American English; and proofread.
Objective
Identify the purposes and main ideas of other people’s writing.
Objective
Evaluate other people’s writings, using the criteria of unity, coherence, adequate development, and logical organization.
Objective
Identify and use the various resources of the library; begin the process of using other people’s words and ideas legitimately, using MLA documentation style.