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ENG 210: Advanced Composition (3 Credits)
Professor: Stacey Alwine
Overview


Helps the student refine skills in writing non-fiction prose. Guides development of individual voice and style. Introduces procedures for publication. Lecture 3 hours per week.

The purpose of this course is to develop advanced academic and professional writing skills; assists students in researching and writing articles.

Prerequisite: ENG 112 or ENG 125 or division approval

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Objectives
 

GOAL ONE: Advanced Composition
Students will be able to:

  • Identify topics suitable for advanced research and writing
  • Demonstrate effective outline and structure technique
  • Develop a critical topic in length and complexity
  • Demonstrate a critical awareness of audience and purpose
  • Appropriately control paragraphs
  • Appropriately apply basic rules of grammar and mechanics in writing
  • Demonstrate increased control of language and individual style and voice

GOAL TWO: Research Writing
Students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate effective research strategies and techniques
  • Evaluate sources for authority and credibility
  • Select appropriate evidence in support of writing
  • Integrate source material effectively and ethically into writing

GOAL THREE: Documentation
Students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate mastery of appropriate style of documentation

GOAL FOUR: Writing for Disciplines
Students will be able to:

  • Comprehend the role and function of discourse communities in modern society
  • Identify the particular discourse communities they seek to join
  • Identify rhetorical conventions and expectations in particular discourse communities
  • Write prose that conforms to the conventions of particular discourse communities
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Materials

 

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Grading
 

Your course grade will be determined by the midterm exam, final exam, 15 weekly discussions, and 3 papers, according to the following scale:

Assignment
Points
Percentage of Grade
Midterm
200
20%
Final
200
20%
3 Papers @ 100 pts. each
300
30%
15 Discussions
300
30%
Total
1000
100%

 

Grading Scale
A
90% - 100%
B
80% - 89%
C
70% - 79%
D
60% - 69%
F
below 59%

Please note that you must also pass at least 70% of the mid-term and final exams in order to pass the course, regardless of your scores on the other assignments.

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Exams
 

There are 2 exams in this course.

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ELI Policies and Procedures
 
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Contacting the Instructor
 

I am here to help you succeed in this course. Occasionally questions or problems may arise. Here is how to contact me when they do:

E-mail : salwine@nvcc.edu

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Beginning the Course

 

Last Updated: August 13, 2010