Equivalency Details

The AP English Language and Composition course is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes. By their writing and reading in this course, students should become aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effective writing.

Emphasizes the composition of organized, clear, coherent, and well-suppported essays, which features standard English conventions, effective style, and the appropriate use of research strategies and sources. Students develop the critical reading and thinking skills necessary to produce effective college-level writing that communicates to a particular audience, fulfills a specified purpose, and conforms to a given genre. Prerequisite: Placement through the College Testing and Placement Program or completion of ENGL 007, 051 or 057 with a grade of C or higher; ENGL 003 is a Pre or Co-requisite.