390 / 861
200 – highest score from among the three summaries below
xxx -- Summary of brown bag presentation 1 – flow and final draft
xxx -- Summary of brown bag presentation 2 – flow and final draft
xxx -- Summary of brown bag presentation 3 – flow and final draft
200 – Paper categorizing sources in a research report
200 – Paper on antithetical writing
200 -- essay synthesizing Hamilton and brown bag presentations 1-3
200 -- midterm examination
400 – final examination
Course Objectives/Competencies
The following competencies reflect the contribution of College Composition II to the General
Education Objectives and thus are assessed as part of the course as well as part of the assessment
of learning outcomes of the General Education Curriculum.
• Students will be able to write academic essays or other genres with clarity and accuracy after
learning and practicing the stages of writing.
• Students will read closely and analyze and appreciate what is read.
• Students will learn to find and evaluate sources, then integrate and acknowledge sources in
their writing.
• Students will learn to work collaboratively with others and will apply a variety of invention and
review techniques to their own and each other’s writings.
Express ideas through effective writing
Sub-competencies:
• Use the stages of a writing process to develop, organize, and present ideas in writing.
• Analyze the demands and possible strategies of a writing task, based on topic, purpose, and
audience, and then accomplish that task with clarity, understanding, and sensitivity.
• Demonstrate competent college-level writing through finished written texts that typically
include a clear, original idea, appropriate evidence and support, and a style of language that
serves the writer’s purpose and audience.
• 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.
Read at a level that allows students to participate in collegiate studies and chosen careers
Sub-competencies:
• Anticipate and understand the structure and organization of written work.