Course Syllabus

ENGL 1005 Introduction to Academic Writing (Extended)

Course Description

This writing-intensive course emphasizes rhetorical knowledge and skills applied through critical analysis and writing in multiple genres and modalities. It introduces students to academic composition, including effective processes, awareness of context and purpose, collaboration, and inquiry. ENGL 1005 differs from ENGL 1010 by adding extra support for students through such things as a fourth class session per week or required individual meetings each week. ENGL 1005 is recommended for students with ACT scores in English of 11-14, and/or students who have failed ENGL 1010.

Justification

This course satisfies one of the state composition requirements. A student who successfully completes ENGL 1005 will be able to write clearly, informatively, and persuasively in a variety of rhetorical situations. This writing-intensive course provides a foundation for all other college writing.

General Education Outcomes

1. A student who completes the GE curriculum has a fundamental knowledge of human cultures and the natural world. Students will explore human cultures and the natural world in their choice of topics, in their research on those topics, and in planning essays on those topics.
2. A student who completes the GE curriculum can read and research effectively within disciplines. Students will explore human cultures and the natural world in their choice of topics, in their research on those topics, and in planning essays on those topics.
3. A student who completes the GE curriculum can draw from multiple disciplines to address complex problems. Students will draw from multiple disciplines, such as composition, communication, history, science, etc., as they produce writing that explores and addresses complex problems.
4. A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason analytically, critically, and creatively. Students will write analytical, critical, and creative essays in order to explore and reason through chosen issues.
5. A student who completes the GE curriculum can communicate effectively through writing and speaking. Students will improve their communication skills in this class designed precisely for learning to communicate effectively through writing.

General Education Knowledge Area Outcomes

1. Students apply analytical methods in order to gather textual evidence as they compose critical analyses of various texts. Students apply analytical methods in order to gather textual evidence as they compose critical analyses of various texts.
2. Genre Awareness: analyze texts in multiple genres, accounting for the application of genre conventions in various contexts and apply suitable conventions in their own compositions  Students will compose in various genres such as summary, analysis, rhetorical criticism, etc., paying attention to appropriate style and document design principles for each genre.
3. Context and Purpose: analyze texts that address a range of purposes and audiences across various modalities, composing critical analyses that situate their analysis in relevant contexts  Students will complete formal and informal rhetorical analysis assignments, demonstrating their understanding of audience, purpose, etc, for different types of texts.
4. Language Awareness and Usage: account for the ways that analyzed texts apply linguistic conventions for rhetorical effect and compose texts that demonstrate intentional application of stylistic and linguistic knowledge in various situations  Students will consider how style, grammar, spelling, and other conventions influence the ways audiences respond to texts and apply this knowledge in their own writing.
5. Recursive Writing Processes: demonstrate the development of flexible, iterative processes for inquiry (e.g, selecting artifacts for analysis, applying analytical methods, etc.) and composition (e.g., invention, planning, responding to feedback, revision, etc.)  Students will examine exemplary models of writing, write multiple drafts, and participate in peer reviews and/or conferences with professors.

Course Content

With the support of instructor-chosen texts and electronic media (which may include OERs, handbooks, or writing guides), students will study the following:
• critical reading and analysis of texts across various forms of media
• development of effective and sustainable writing processes
• communicating complex ideas in clear and informative ways
The content will be delivered through a combination of lecture, small group discussion, and peer review activities. As with all composition classes, students in ENGL 1005 are required to engage critically with a variety of perspectives in their writing, including those that differ from their own.

Students will have one more instructional day than ENGL 1010 students, and this additional day will be used at the instructor's discretion for activities such as workshops, extra instruction, conferences, sentence-level and mechanics support, practice writing, and/or reading instruction.