COWLEY COLLEGE COURSE PROCEDURE
ENG2211 - COMPOSITION 1
3 Credit Hours
Student Level:
This course is open to students on the college level in either the freshman or sophomore year and to area high school students meeting placement criteria.
Catalog Description:
ENG 2211 - Composition 1 (3 hrs.)
[KRSN ENG1010]
This course is designed to improve students’ reading, writing, and researching skills. Critical analysis of essays will be used to aid in developing students’ critical thinking, support of thesis and style. Students will be introduced to the basic components of research by producing documented summative projects in MLA style . The emphasis is on fundamental principles of English composition.
The learning outcomes and competencies detailed in this course outline or syllabus meet or exceed the learning outcomes specified by the Kansas Core Outcomes Groups project for this course as approved by the Kansas Board of Regents.
Course Classification:
Lecture
Prerequisites:
The course is open to students meeting designated placement criteria.
Co-requisites:
Co-requisite enrollment in EBE2206 will be required for students who do not meet prerequisite requirements. Students not meeting English language placement guidelines should enroll in EBE 2207 as a co-requisite course.
Core Outcomes:
The learning outcomes and competencies detailed in this course meet, or exceed the learning outcomes and competencies specified by the Kansas Core Outcomes Project for this course, as sanctioned by the Kansas Board of Regents.
Controlling Purpose:
This course is designed to improve students’ reading, composition , and researching skills. Each essay written in the course should clearly communicate a central idea or framework, contain sufficient detail, reflect the voice of the writer, and use carefully edited, standard written English. Critical analysis of professional essays may be used to aid in developing the students’ critical thinking, structure, focus, and style. Students will be introduced to the social and collaborative aspects of the writing process as well as to technologies used commonly in both research and writing. Required for all Associate of Arts, Science, and General Studies Degrees.
Learner Outcomes:
- Upon completion of the course, the student will apply flexible strategies for prewriting, developing, drafting, peer workshopping, revising, editing and proofreading.
- The student will practice ethical means of creating their work while integrating their own ideas with those of others.
Unit Outcomes for Criterion Based Evaluation:
The following outline defines the minimum core content not including the final examination period. Instructors may add other material as time allows.
Unit 1: The Composition Process
Outcomes: Upon completion of this unit, students will apply flexible strategies for prewriting, developing, peer workshopping, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading.
- Generate ideas through a variety of prewriting techniques.
- Formulate a thesis statement.
- Employ conventions of format, structure, voice, tone, and level of formality to produce writing for specific purposes and audiences as required by various writing situations.
- Organize information according to a logical plan.
- Demonstrate an ability to fulfill standards of syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling for various rhetorical contexts.
- Critique own and others’ work.
Unit 2: Researched Composition
Outcomes: Upon completion of the unit, students will be able to practice ethical means of creating their work while integrating their own ideas with those of others.
- Discern when to paraphrase, summarize, or directly quote according to the writing situation.
- Apply critical thinking when locating, evaluating, and utilizing research materials from electronic and print sources.
- Employ MLA format including parentheticals and Works Cited.
Unit 3: Multimodal Presentation
Outcomes: Upon completion of this unit, students will repurpose a writing project and share it with an audience.
- Select an appropriate mode of presentation when considering audience and purpose.
- Effectively integrate various media formats and technologies to convey information and idea.
Projects Required:
Two major essays, one of which includes MLA documentation, a major revision of one essay, and a multimodal presentation.
Textbook:
Contact Bookstore for current textbook.
Attendance Policy:
Students should adhere to the attendance policy outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Grading Policy:
The grading policy will be outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Maximum class size:
24 students
Course Time Frame:
The U.S. Department of Education, Higher Learning Commission and the Kansas Board of Regents define credit hour and have specific regulations that the college must follow when developing, teaching and assessing the educational aspects of the college. A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally-established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit or an equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. The number of semester hours of credit allowed for each distance education or blended hybrid courses shall be assigned by the college based on the amount of time needed to achieve the same course outcomes in a purely face-to-face format.
Refer to the following policies:
402.00 Academic Code of Conduct
263.00 Student Appeal of Course Grades
403.00 Student Code of Conduct
Disability Services Program:
Cowley College, in recognition of state and federal laws, will accommodate a student with a documented disability. If a student has a disability which may impact work in this class which requires accommodations, contact the Disability Services Coordinator.
DISCLAIMER: THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR THE OFFICIAL COURSE PROCEDURE CONTACT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.
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