ENGL 1020 - English Composition II

4.5 Credits

Students build on Level-1 English skills by becoming better critical readers, researchers, and writers. Students design, draft, revise, and edit arguments for specific audiences and purposes. Using research, analysis, and integration of primary and secondary sources, students compose 18-25 pages of polished prose, including one paper of 10-12 pages, with an emphasis on thesis-driven argumentative writing.

Prerequisites: (1) ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1220 or ENGL 1225 or ENGL 1230

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Analyze and compose texts with an awareness of audience and purpose.
Find, read, and evaluate information from traditional library resources, emerging online resources, and student-conducted primary research.
Synthesize research materials with one’s own ideas in logically developed arguments.
Design and develop one or more persuasive writing projects through multiple revised drafts and peer review.
Apply an appropriate in-text and bibliographic documentation style for one’s audience and genre.
Compose and revise writing projects using knowledge of linguistic structures, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

MCC WRITING OBJECTIVES:

The MCC English Department has chosen to adopt the WPA Outcomes Statement as the guiding principles of our core writing classes:

Exhibit rhetorical knowledge
Think, read, and write critically
Use a writing process
Exhibit knowledge of conventions

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