Parkland College Course Outline

General Objectives To provide a four-hour accelerated composition class for qualified students as a substitute for ENG 101-102.

Parkland College Course Outline

Course Prefix and Number ENG 106

Textbook

Textbooks options include those used in ENG 101 and ENG 102.

Lab

Learning Outcomes

Major Course Segments

Class

Clinic

Students will be able to:

1. The writing process

1. Choose and focus an analytical/interpretive position on a topic, and develop/support that position in a 4-6 page essay.

2. Essay structure (introduction, thesis/position, body, conclusion), and planning and organizing written research projects

2. Organize ideas and outside sources logically and effectively.

3. Writing for diverse purposes and audiences, and in assessing purpose and audience in research-based writing

3. Write for diverse purposes and diverse audiences.

4. Focusing and articulating a position on a topic, and in analyzing, developing, and supporting a position on a topic, using reasoning and/or research

4. Integrate external texts effectively and without plagiarism.

5. Organization of ideas in essays and research projects

5. Plan and complete an extended research project (10-12 page essay).

6. Research techniques, both library and on-line

6. Critically evaluate sources.

7. Analysis and evaluation of texts and research sources, and written response to texts and sources

7. Document/cite research materials.

8. Paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting source material, including avoiding plagiarism

8. Develop one's own writing through revision and editing, increasing coherence and clarity and observing the conventions of standard written English.

9. Integrating sources both syntactically and semantically with relevance to one's own argument

10. Documenting source material in MLA (or APA) format (Note: Individual students who need to learn APA may choose to work in that format; otherwise, the course should teach MLA format)