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Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus
College Composition I: English 110
Course Prefix/Number/Title:
College Composition I: English 110
3 Credits
Course Description:
Composition 110 is a writing course that allows students write about a variety of topics
while considering and evaluating the writing of others.
Pre-/Co-requisites:
ASC 87 or score of 14 on ACT
Course Objectives:
To identify and evaluate the thesis and supporting details in others’ writing.
To use writing and revising strategies to produce short essays.
To cite sources accurately according to MLA guidelines.
To edit all final drafts, eliminating all grammatical and typing errors.
To identify important concepts in reading and discuss them.
To examine nature, technology, and beyond as they relate to
Deeply Rooted:
Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
and
The Things They Carried.
Instructor:
Mr. Michael Porter
Office: Thatcher Addition: Room 2209
Telephone: 228-5445
E-mail:
mike.porter@dakotacollege.eduOffice Hours:
Tuesday, Thursday: 9:00 to 10:00
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 2:00 to 3:00
Lecture/Lab Schedule:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 11:00-11:50
Textbooks:
Axelrod, Rise B. and Cooper Charles R.
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing
. 9
th
ed. Boston:
Bedford/St. Martin, 2010. Print.
Hamilton, Lisa M.
Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
.
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2009. Print.
O’Brien, Tim.
The Things They Carried
. New York: Broadway Books, 1990. Print.