ENGL1308

Meets MN Transfer Curriculum Goal Area 1 - Written Communication. This is an introductory course in college-level composition and develops written communication skills appropriate for academic and professional settings. This course emphasizes analytical writing through the writing process, composition skills, and critical analysis. Through the course, students will discover and enhance their strengths and identify and address their limitations with writing. This three-credit course is intended for students placing between 237 and 249 on the Accuplacer and is not intended to replace the four-credit ENGL 1302 ' Analytical Writing. To fulfill the Goal Area One Written Communication requirement of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum or the Associate of Arts degree, students who take this course must also complete ENGL 1309: Stretch Analytical Writing II. Student Learning Outcomes

• Practice the writing process through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing, and publication.
• Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences.
• Apply analytical writing skills to construct original written work
• Synthesize source material by summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting sources into original written work.
• Incorporate citations into original written work
  
• Analyze, in groups, student and professional writing