MCCCD Program Description

First-Year Composition

Course: ENG101

First Term: 2020 Fall

Lecture 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S - Standard Load

Description: Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Analyze specific rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience, and writer, as well as the writing`s ethical, political, and cultural implications. (I, III) 2. Organize writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, IV) 3. Use appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction, grammar, and mechanics. (I, IV) 4. Summarize, paraphrase and quote from sources to maintain academic integrity and to develop and support one`s own ideas. (III, IV) 5. Use feedback obtained from peer review, instructor comments and/or other resources to revise writing. (II) 6. Assess one`s own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II, III) 7. Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, IV)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Understanding Rhetorical Contexts A. Circumstance B. Purpose C. Topic D. Audience E. Writer II. Defining Effective Processes A. Invention B. Drafting C. Feedback D. Revision E. Presentation III. Thinking, Reading and Writing Critically A. Reading to discover B. Reading to analyze rhetorically C. Writing to discover D. Writing to communicate E. Writing to reflect IV. Knowing Conventions A. Format B. Structure C. Documentation of sources D. Mechanics

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: May 26, 2020

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