Outcomes for English 101 and English 102

 

Approved by the English Department 1/28/04

 

English 101  Writing I

 

Students will be able to demonstrate:

  • an ability to read critically the texts of others and to critique their own texts

  • an ability to compose an argument in an academic setting

  • an ability to formulate an argument with appropriate evidence

  • knowledge of various organizational structures of the expository essay

  • knowledge that revision is a vital part of the writing process and includes a spectrum of writing practices from global decisions such as paragraph ordering and coherence to line editing for syntax, grammar, and mechanics

English 102  Writing II

 

Students will be able to demonstrate:

  • a continuing development in all of the skills fostered in EN 101

  • an understanding that research consists of a series of tentative hypotheses that are then tested and affirmed or revised

  • an ability to obtain and evaluate both primary and secondary source materials in order to support an argument, including electronic sources

  • knowledge of the written forms of accepted academic research

  •  familiarity with the conventions of citation appropriate to various disciplines

Last Modified: October 30, 2007