English 210: Advanced Composition will help students develop advanced academic and professional writing skills. Students will refine skills in writing nonfiction prose, such as research articles and argument and narrative essays. This course will guide the development of individual voice and style. Students will also learn procedures for publication.
ENG 112 or ENG 125 or division approval
Like ENG 112, ENG 210 helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose by approaching writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Students contribute to an academic conversation about a specific subject of inquiry and learn to position their ideas and research in relation to the ideas and research of others. ENG 210 prepares students to reflect on contemporary forms of expression. Students regularly read and respond to both each other’s and published writing in order to develop their ability to analyze and engage with the rhetorical choices writers make across a variety of contexts.
ENG 210 offers added rigor in the form of complex reading and longer writing projects that require students to be self-directed writers and learners. In addition, this version of ENG 210 is part of NOVAOnline. Students work asynchronously to complete the required labor of the course and to meet stated deadlines each week. The structure of this course requires students to be self-directed learners who lead with curiosity, self-advocates who reach out when they need additional support from the instructor, and efficient managers of their time and focus.
Students in this ENG 210 will demonstrate competency in Advanced Composition by completing weekly reading and writing exercises; drafting and revising a piece of nonfiction; preparing an oral presentation that analyzes the rhetorical choices made in a recent speech; and evaluating, integrating, and documenting print or digital sources to produce a fully documented research paper. Students will assemble a digital portfolio of their writing that demonstrates metacognitive awareness of their rhetorical choices as a writer.