ENGL 101 - Introduction to College Writing

Institution:

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

English

Description:

In this course, students will investigate the purposes, both academic and non-academic, for writing and reading. Students will learn to identify meaning and draw inferences from context cues. They will develop increased writing fluency, clarity, and coherence; a fuller understanding if rhetorical principles, including invention, organization, and audience; improved strategies for revising and editing their prose, emphasizing the standards of edited American English; and an understanding of writing and reading as tools for learning and communication.Students should take this course before taking 102 by advisement, by their own choice, of if any one of the following applies to them: if the SAT Verbal score is 399 or less. if the SAT Writing score is 399 or less, or if the ACT Writing score is 11 or less.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Other

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Institution Website:

www.sru.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 738-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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