Course Objectives

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

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STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES and OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this writing-intensive course, students will be able:

Goal 1:

(1a) to use critical thinking, critical reading, and critical writing skills to analyze and respond to college text-book essays;

(1b) to use a variety of prewriting techniques to generate topics for writing;

(1c) to use strategies of drafting, editing, and revising to produce clear, effective, and interesting writing;

Goal 2:

(2a) to translate a specific topic into a clear, concise thesis statement;

(2b) to create a sense of audience and purpose within the written document;

(2c) to support that thesis using specific evidence and concrete detail;

(2d) to plan and develop a unified, coherent, and logically organized document;

Goal 3:

(3a) to create written, multi-paragraphed documents utilizing a variety of rhetorical patterns (methods of development);

(3b) to create written, multi-paragraphed documents emphasizing exposition and argument;

Goal 4:

(4a) to revise a multi-paragraph essay to include complete and correct sentence structure;

(4b) to revise a multi-paragraph essay to include appropriate and correct punctuation;

(4c) to revise a multi-paragraph essay to include correct mechanical usage;

Goal 5:

(5a) to use the major facilities, services, and tools of the college library;

(5b) to evaluate scholarly information and resources;

(5c) to recognize and handle quotations, summaries, and paraphrases to avoid plagiarism

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