ENGL1021 Essay Fundamentals
This writing course provides instruction designed to prepare students for college-level writing courses. Students will learn conventions and techniques for clear written communication, using a variety of essay development strategies and writing contexts, with special attention to audience and purpose. Students will develop their ability to identify and correct common sentence-level errors in their own writing. In addition, students will be introduced to basic methods for incorporating ideas of others into their writing, as well as thinking and reading critically. This course is also offered in a Fast Track version, which enables students to take ENGL1021 and ENGL2121 in a single semester.
Prerequisite
Qualifying score on writing assessment test OR
ENGL0930 with a grade of "C" or better. Basic computer literacy skills required
Course Requirements and Evaluation
Refer to Course Syllabus for detailed information regarding the requirements and evaluation standards for this course. The Course Syllabus will be distributed the first week of the course.
Learning Outcomes
The following outcomes will be addressed in the course:
Use different writing styles for different rhetorical situations
Employ a writing process involving invention, drafting, revision, and editing
Create texts that demonstrate coherence and unity in real-time writing
Create texts that demonstrate coherence and unity in process writing
Present focused ideas in writing, using relevant evidence
Analyze the ideas of others
Integrate the ideas of others in writing
Revise texts to make them comprehensible for specific audiences and writing contexts, using Standard Edited American English
Text and References
A list of textbooks required for this course is available at the
campus store and in eServices.
Course Scheduling
The scheduled hours of instruction include sixteen hours for each lecture credit, thirty two hours for each lab credit and forty hours for each credit of supervised occupational experience (SOE). Lecture credit may include formal or impromptu lectures, demonstrations or discussions with the entire class or with small groups or individuals. Refer to the Credit Details section of this course outline for the credit breakdown.
Accommodations Statement
Access Services - Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified students with documented disabilities. Upon attending an intake meeting with Access Services, qualified students will receive a letter listing the approved accommodations that they may provide to their instructors. If you have a documented disability that may require accommodations, contact HTC Access Services at
AccessServices@hennepintech.edu or
https://hennepintech.edu/current-students/access-services/index.html.
Campus
Brooklyn Park Campus and Eden Prairie Campus: 952-995-1300
Credit Details