English

Writing skills are essential to professional success. In this course students learn the major aspects of writing, beginning with components of the essay, and ending with full essays of different modes of composition. Students go through the various writing stages and strategies and learn to adapt them to their own writing and learning preferences. They also acquire skills for generating ideas, preliminary outlining, topic selection, and drafting while learning to revise, rewrite, and polish structure and style for effective communication.

This course focuses on developing the critical thinking and reasoning skills necessary for writing comprehension and analysis of college reading material. Writing skills will include emphasis on utilizing the writing process, essay format, reference materials, research notes, and other sources necessary to create grammatically correct, well-organized, literate essays.

This course in Genre of Literature provides the study of techniques and conventions of various literary genres, such as poetry, novels, short stories, biographies, journals, and essay. The course explores the relationship between form and meaning, specifically how genre shapes our literary understanding and experience.