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Equivalency Details

Equivalency Details

The information presented is an unofficial guide to how courses may transfer. Other factors to consider are grades received in the courses, the year in which the course was taken, and the major pursued after transfer. In all instances, final decisions about acceptance of course credit will be made by Pennsylvania Highlands Community College.

If you complete the following at Butler County Community College:

  • This course stresses the writing process of planning, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing multiple-paragraph essays. Methods of invention, types of development, and the mechanics of effective academic composition are included as well as discussion of plagiarism and source documentation. This course meets the General Education competencies of Information Literacy (IL) and Written Communication (WC).
    Credits
    3.00

You may receive up to 3.00 credits at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College:

  • This course emphasizes the techniques of writing expository essays with stress upon careful thinking, word choice, sentence structure, thesis statement, and methods of organization. Students practice the writing of clear, coherent, and unified paragraphs and essays. Editing skills and the use of correct grammar and mechanics are also emphasized. Students are taught research and documentation skills and are required to write an argumentative research paper. This is the standard college English composition course. Prerequisite(s): ENG020 Introduction to Composition or by placement exam 3 credits
    Credits
    3.00

Additional Information

Notes

This course meets the requirements of Category 1 in the Transfer Credit Framework