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Engl 110
English Composition
3 Credits
FALL 2016
M-W-F 8:35 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
TuTh 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Instructor:
Margaret Bail
Phone:
701-858-4793
E-mail:
margaret.bail@ndus.edu(best way to reach me)
Office:
MiSU campus, Administration Bldg Rm 160
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 11:00 a.m. to noon
Prerequisites:
Appropriate score on English Placement Exam or ASC 087 College Writing
Preparation.
Required Texts
Writing Today, MLA Update Edition (3
rd
Edition)
by Richard Johnson-Sheehan and Charles
Paine
Course Description
English 110 is a composition course designed to explore the writing process by developing your
analytical reading, critical thinking, and college-level writing skills.
Course Objectives:
As part of the General Education Curriculum, this course is designed to
work toward some common learning outcomes. Students who successfully complete this course
will be able to:
1.
Write in different genres or essay types.
2.
Analyze the demands and possible strategies of a writing task, based on topic, purpose,
context, and audience, and then accomplish that task with clarity.
3.
Demonstrate competent College Composition writing through finished writing that
includes a clear, original thesis or claim, appropriate evidence and support, a logical
structure, and a style of language that serves the writer’s purpose and audience.
4.
Use the stages of the writing process to develop, organize, and present ideas in writing.
Students will be aware of and will practice inventing, planning, drafting, and revising.
5.
Students will read closely and analyze what is read.
6.
Students will begin to learn to find and evaluate information resources, then integrate and
acknowledge sources in their writing.
7.
Use edited standard written English in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax, and
present written work in a style and format consistent with the demands of an academic
setting.
8.
Read at a level that allows students to participate in collegiate studies and chosen careers.
9.
Begin to use information resources effectively.