ENGL 1013H - Composition I, Honors

Description
Guiding the student through the process of writing with regular practice and analysis of effective writing, this first course of the composition sequence emphasizes the writing of clear, concise, developed academic prose. Generally, students are expected to follow the rules of Standard American English and formatting conventions, to understand paragraph development, and to write a research assignment involving the integration of sources.

Pre-Requisite
Student has received an Accuplacer NextGen Reading score greater than or equal to 252 and an Accuplacer NextGen Writing score greater than or equal to 290 or received an ACT English score greater than or equal to 25. Note: This is an honors course. Please refer to the NWACC Honors Program section in the current catalog for more information.

3 Credit Hour(s)

Contact Hours
45 lecture hours

3 Faculty Load Hour(s)

Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer

ACTS Equivalent
N/A

Grade Mode
A-F

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Read, interpret, and analyze print and digital texts.
Find, evaluate, integrate, and cite relevant sources.
Apply writing strategies to draft, revise, and edit major writing tasks.
Apply and evaluate appropriate syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Apply and evaluate appropriate voice, style, tone, and audience awareness in writing.
Compose new writing in multiple genres that is focused, coherent, and developed.
Collaborate with peers to plan, develop, and revise projects.

Honors Outcomes

Honors classes (and the Honors Program) promote the following core values:

Community students will demonstrate civic engagement through Service Learning and exploration of local, national, and global communities.
Curiosity students will cultivate personal and intellectual curiosity through Investigation, discussion, and scholarship.
Diversity students will explore multiple perspectives through interdisciplinary learning.

General Education Outcomes Supported

Students develop higher order thinking skills.
Students gain greater awareness of cultural perspectives.
Students can write a clear, coherent, well-organized documents, which are substantially free of errors.
Students can read selections at the college level.
Students develop effective oral communication skills.
Students can employ a variety of sources to locate, evaluate, and use information.

Standard Practices
Topics List

Critical reading skills
Critical writing skills
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Handling source material

Learning Activities

Individual projects/presentations
Group projects/presentations
Field Trips/events
Guest Speakers
Service Learning and/or
Conference Poster

Assessments

Three to four papers in any combination with revisions and with in-class writing experience (at least one research-based with multiple sources to continue building on research skills)
Journals
Out-of-class and in-class writing

Grading guidelines

Instructors should assess proficiency in composition, student ability to write to specific rhetorical situations, sentence-level writing, and revision (writing process).