ENG 101 Composition
Ten sections will be offered in the fall semester. Each section is limited
to fifteen students. While instructors may use different approaches, all
are concerned with developing every student’s use of clear and appropriate
English prose in course papers and on examinations. All instructors have
the common goal of encouraging the student to write with accuracy of
expression, as well as with logical and coherent organization. Students
will be responsible for writing at least one in-class essay and a series
of longer, out-of-class essays. In both full-course and half-course
versions, students must develop an awareness of the strengths and
weaknesses in their writing and must acquire the necessary skill to revise
and rewrite what they thought were final drafts of essays. They must, in
other words, become editors of their own writing. Past experience has
shown the Department and the College that writing well in high school does
not necessarily assure the same in college. On the basis of the English
proficiency examination performance, the Department will require some
first-year students to register for this course. (Three of the fall
semester half-courses begin mid-semester. Students who have experienced
difficulty in writing during the first several weeks may wish to consider
late registration in these sections.) English 101 is NOT a remedial
writing course. Special tutorial help within the department and at the
Writing Center is available for students with more fundamental problems in
writing. One-half or one course credit. This course is offered in the fall
semester.
Credits: 1/2