Revised 05/2008
ENG 210 - Advanced Composition (3 CR.)
Course Description
Helps the student refine skills in writing non-fiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to develop advanced academic and professional writing skills; assists students in researching and writing articles.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Course Prerequisites/Co-requisites Prerequisite: ENG 112 or ENG 125 or division approval.
Course Objectives
GOAL ONE: Advanced Composition
Students will be able to:
- Identify topics suitable for advanced research and writing
- Demonstrate effective outline and structure technique
- Develop a critical topic in length and complexity
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of audience and purpose
- Appropriately control paragraphs
- Appropriately apply basic rules of grammar and mechanics in writing
- Demonstrate increased control of language and individual style and voice
GOAL TWO: Research Writing
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate effective research strategies and techniques
- Evaluate sources for authority and credibility
- Select appropriate evidence in support of writing
- Integrate source material effectively and ethically into writing
GOAL THREE: Documentation
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate mastery of appropriate style of documentation
GOAL FOUR: Writing for Disciplines
Students will be able to:
- Comprehend the role and function of discourse communities in modern society
- Identify the particular discourse communities they seek to join
- Identify rhetorical conventions and expectations in particular discourse communities
- Write prose that conforms to the conventions of particular discourse communities
Major Topics to Be Included
- Rhetoric
- Research strategies and techniques
- Formats and presentation
- Editing, review, and proofreading skills
- Peer-review and refereed publications
- Market queries
- Working with an editor