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Eng 101
English Composition I

Course Syllabus for ENG 101

Greenville Technical College
Arts and Sciences Division

English Department

     Course:  Eng 101

     Semester Credit Hours:  3.0

     Course Title:  English Composition I 
 

     Instructor:                                                                  

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     Office Hours: See instructor’s class assignment schedule.

     Office Phone Number:      

     E-mail address:   

     Prerequisite:  Satisfactory performance on a diagnostic placement test or a 
     verbal score of at least 480 on an SAT test taken within the past three years or 
     completion of ENG 100 with a grade of C or better.

     Course Description: This is a (college transfer) course in which the following 
     topics are presented: a study of composition in conjunction with appropriate 
     literary selections with frequent theme assignments to reinforce effective writing.  
     A review of standard usage and basic techniques of research are also presented. 

     Students must make a C or better in ENG 101 in order to take ENG 102, SPC 
     205, SPC 208, SPC 209, or JOU 101.

     Purpose of Course: To enable the student to write clear, correct sentences; 
     complete, coherent paragraphs; and logically organized essays exhibiting unified 
     purpose and adequate content.

     Required Texts: 

     Hacker, Diana.  The Bedford Handbook. 7^th ed.  Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006.

     AND

     Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell, eds. Patterns for College Writing: A 
Rhetorical Reader and Guide. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2004.

     OR  (used by some instructors in place of Patterns for College Writing)

     Burton, Larry W., and Daniel McDonald.  The Language of Argument.  11^th ed.
New York: Longman, 2005.

     OR Online course only (choice of two texts - to be determined by the instructor)

•      Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell, eds. Patterns for College
  Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford,
  2004.

•     Reinking, James A., and Robert von der Osten.  Strategies for Successful
  Writing.  7^th ed.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall, 2005.

     OR specific announcement by the instructor

     Additional Materials: Any additional materials required by an instructor will be 
     announced in class.

     Objectives of Course:  Students who successfully complete ENG 101 with 70% 
     accuracy or better will have demonstrated the skills required to accomplish the 
     following minimum objectives:

·    to compose writing using the structures, principles, or rules of grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and diction covered in the textbook and lecture;

·    to outline, draft, write, and revise five essays including the final exam (with a minimum of 400 words) demonstrating the ability to

o       create effective thesis statements,

o       express ideas by using various methods of development  
    adhering to the standards of the department’s Theme Standard 
    Sheet,

o       analyze an audience,

o       produce effective essays under time constraints,

o       research and document a minimum of two essays (at least one to 
    be argumentative).

(Microthemes may be substituted for any one undocumented essay.)

·    to generate all out-of-class essays on a computer;

·    to draft, write, and revise the final exam composition within an official, timed exam period without in-class assistance from the instructor.

     Note:  These objectives outline minimum requirements.  The instructor may require 
     additional assignments.  The number of in-class writing assignments written under 
     time constraints will be determined by the instructor; however, one essay (in
     addition to the final exam) must be an in-class essay.