WR 121 English Composition
Focuses on college-level expository writing and critical thinking. Improves fluency with elements such as thesis, support, organization, basic research/citation, and conventions of language. Utilize processes such as critical reading, prewriting, drafting, peer feedback, revision, editing, and reflection. Asks students to employ these elements and processes while considering the audience, purpose, and genre of a given writing task.
Prerequisite
Placement into
WR 121 or
WR 115 with a grade of C or better.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
General Education Requirements
AAS Communication, AAOT Writing 121, AS Writing 121
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Analyze the rhetorical needs (the interaction of audiences, purpose/outcome, and subject) of a variety of academic and practical writing assignments. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in response to the rhetorical needs of an assignment. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, rebuttal, visuals, narration, conclusion, etc.) in response to the rhetorical needs of an assignment. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion in response to the rhetorical needs of an assignment. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions to make their writing clear, credible, and persuasive.