ENG 122 English Composition II

PRIOR TO FALL 2013, THIS COURSE WAS OFFERED AS ENG 102. This course is designed to improve student writing effectiveness and close-reading skills. Students will be required to expand upon the skills learned in English 121 and apply these skills to selected writing assignments. This course will help students learn how to think more clearly, organize thoughts in a logical sequence, and improve writing skills through prewriting, writing, and revision processes. Students will continue to study various rhetorical patterns and use their writing skills to develop essays in these patterns. The rhetorical patterns studied in this course are process analysis, cause and effect, and argument/persuasion. Students will also learn the process and skills needed to write a clear, precise, and accurate research paper, including researching a topic, assessing sources, and incorporating outside sources into student writing. Research writing skills will be scaffolded for students. All essays will have two drafts, a first draft and a revised draft, both of which will be assessed for academic integrity issues through SafeAssign. The first draft will allow students to correct any issues with the use of outside sources before the revised draft is submitted. Students are given detailed instruction in the use of APA formatting and citation; APA formatting and citation is required in all papers. Students will receive direct instruction in mechanics, usage, and grammar (MUGs); assessment in MUGs will be through student writing. Students will be required to apply all attained skills to all writing assignments.