ENGL1020 — Composition I
ENGL 1020 - Composition I ENGL 1020 - Composition I Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Course Description: This course provides students with the opportunity to improve the clarity and effectiveness of their academic and professional writing through persuasive and expository essays. This course covers employing a writing process, applying rhetorical principles, incorporating source materials, and using context-appropriate writing conventions when constructing essays. Composition I is a 4-credit course; instructors may require instructor-supervised use of the Writing Center, equivalent to one of the four credits. Students are notified of this requirement through the course syllabus and registration notes. ENGL 1020 is equivalent to ENGL 1021 Composition I. Students who have completed both ENGL 1020 and ENGL 1021 receive four credits for Composition I and the higher of the two grades is used in calculating GPA. MnTC Goals MNTC Goal 1: Communication Major Content Rhetorical principles Purpose Audience Style Persuasive appeals Voice Writing process(es) Invention strategies Drafting as thinking Revision based on feedback within a community of writers Editing for context-appropriate writing conventions, such as grammar, mechanics, and spelling Professional presentation Thesis-driven essays Logical and persuasive support Unity and coherence Conventions of academic discourse Finding, evaluating, and incorporating sources Using databases and other credible resources Integration of source material
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ESOL1033, ESOL0043, ESOL0051, ESOL0052
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