DEVELOPED BY: Dolores Mirabella
DATE: March 13, 1998
DEPARTMENT: Academic Programs
CURRICULUM: Developmental English
COURSE TITLE: Learning Center III
COURSE NUMBER: ENG 082
TYPE OF COURSE: College Preparatory/Cornerstone
COURSE LENGTH: Eleven Weeks
CREDIT HOURS: Three to Five
LECTURE HOURS: None
LAB HOURS Thirty to Fifty-five
CLASS SIZE: Maximum to Twenty-five

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students learn to revise original, written work for content, completeness, organization and style. They learn to proofread and edit for grammar, syntax, punctuation and spelling errors. Work is done using a word processing. Concurrent enrollment in a writing course is recommended. Coursework and objectives are individualized to meet the needs of each student.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED

1. Communication:
   • Read and listen actively to learn and communicate.
   • Speak and write effectively for personal, academic and workplace purposes.
2. Human Relations:
   • Use social interactive skills to work in groups effectively.
3. Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving:
   • Think critically in evaluating information, solving problems, and making decisions.
4. Technology:
   • Select and use appropriate technological tools for personal, academic, and career tasks.
5. Personal Responsibility:
   • Be motivated and able to continue learning and adapt to change.
   • Value one's own skills, abilities, ideas and art.
   • Take pride in one's own work.
   • Manage personal health and safety.
6. Information Literacy:
   • Access and evaluate information from a variety of sources and contexts, including technology.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Apply the writing process to one's original written work.
2. Distinguish between revising and editing.
3. Use knowledge of grammar, punctuation, syntax, spelling, etc. to proofread and edit one's original written work.
4. Use a standard word processing program to produce all drafts of original written work.

Competencies will be measured by the satisfactory completion of prescribed work as identified in the student's Individualized Learning Plan.

Students will be awarded an "S" for work completed satisfactorily or an "NC" for unsatisfactory or insufficient work. Students can earn three, four or five credits, depending on the amount of work completed satisfactorily.

PREREQUISITES:

1. Placement: Students are placed in this section through self-selection, by the assessment of a writing sample, and by conferring with the instructor. (ASSET SCORES: W=33, R=36; SLEP = 44)
2. Orientation: Students are oriented to English Lab procedures, testing materials, progress charts and assessment techniques.
3. Concurrent enrollment in any writing course is highly recommended.

RECOMMENDED TEXT: The College Writer's Reference
(Any handbook)

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:

• Sentence Skills
• Grammar Express materials
• Online Writing Labs (OWLs)

APPROXIMATE CLOCK HOURS: 33-55

TOPICAL OUTLINE: This course is individualized. Topics are determined solely by the needs of the student.