ENC 1101 Advanced College Writing I

This course provides an intensive study of critical thinking strategies and writing skills that are essential to successful, meaningful academic work at the college level and that facilitate informed citizenship in college and beyond. Students will examine strategies for written analysis, persuasion, and argumentation; hone critical literacy skills, including astute textual analysis of complex texts; formulate cogent arguments through frequent drafting and revision; and grapple with difficult concepts that are central to vigorous academic inquiry. Students are presumed to have working knowledge of grammar and syntax, and will receive instruction in advanced sentence structure, word usage, paragraph coherence, and rhetorical modes.

LA

Credits

3