Ref. # 476630 Online
Winter Session 1 (January 07- May 05, 2014)
This is a fully online class with no face-to-face meetings.
Mandatory online orientation starts on Tuesday, January 07, and orientation must be completed by Friday, January 10 by 11:59 PM.
You must complete the online orientation by the due date or you will be dropped from the class.
Faculty Introduction:
Welcome to ENC 1101: Composition I. I'm Ana Cowo, and I'll be your instructor for this course. I'm a full-time faculty member on North Campus and teach several Composition, Technical and Professional Writing and Literature courses. I look forward to working with you this semester.
Course Description:
A university parallel course in which the student writes expository themes in various modes. Research methods and library skills are introduced, and a documented paper is required. Each student is encouraged to use the writing lab to strengthen writing skills. Placement in ENC 1101 is determined by both standard and departmental assessment tests. A student must earn a grade of "C" or higher to meet the requirements of the Gordon rule.
Methods of Instruction:
This is a three credit hour course that meets fully online for 16 weeks (Session 1).
Students are expected to participate online several hours each week. Participation is required.
Learning Outcomes:
Writing is an important skill for you to obtain. In this course, you will learn to write more clearly and critically. Upon completion go this course you will:
- be able to evaluate assigned readings with a view to their artistic merits, content, logical progression, and thoroughness of citations (if any). You will be able to find the main idea of the assigned reading, recognize and evaluate the supporting details and comment on the effectiveness of the writer's overall technique.
- be able to compose units of discourse and provide ideas and information suitable to the audience.
- be able to transmit ideas and information in effective written language and employing good diction, conventional sentence structure, and standard written American English grammar and usage.
- be able to locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources in both print and electronic formats and incorporate the relevant information into a properly documented paper, both internally and bibliographically.
Course Materials:
- Text: A Writer's Reference Seventh Edition by Diana Hacker.
- Access to computer and internet. If you do not have your own computer, you can use BC open labs at any BC Learning Resources Center.
- Access to Microsoft Word processing software; all papers must be submitted as a Word document (doc, docx).
