Revision: M. Palek
July, 1998

DEPARTMENT: Academic Programs
CURRICULUM: Business Information Technology
COURSE TITLE: College Preparatory Writing III /
        English Communications
COURSE NUMBER: ENG 096/BUS 121
TYPE OF COURSE: Vocational Preparatory
        Special Requirement Met: None
AREA(S) OF KNOWLEDGE: None
COURSE LENGTH: 1 quarter
CREDIT HOURS: 5
LECTURE HOURS: 55
LAB HOURS: 0
CLASS SIZE: 25-30

PREREQUISITES:
ASSET, SLEP, Writing Sample, ENG 094 (Basic Writing Improvement I) or ESL 097 (English for
Non-Native Speaking II) with a 2.0 or higher, or instructor's permission

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The emphasis is on writing essays for academic purposes. Practice is given in the writing
process of thinking, prewriting, drafting, revising and editing. Concurrent enrollment
in ENG 081, ENG 091, or ENG 095 is recommended.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED:

1. Human Relations - Use social interactive skills to work in groups effectively.
2. Communication - Read, and listen, actively to learn and communicate. Speak and write
   effectively for personal, academic and workplace purposes.
   
3. Information Literacy - Access and evaluate information from a variety of sources.
   
4. Personal Responsibility - Value one's own skills and abilities and be motivated to continue
   learning. Take pride in one's ideas, work and art. Have the ability to adapt to change.

GENERAL COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course the student will:

1. Recognize and correct sentence level errors, including fragments, fused sentences, comma
   splices, subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, parallelism, punctuation and spelling.
2. Produce a five paragraph essay, with an introduction, three body paragraphs,
   and a conclusion.
3. Identify, develop and produce thesis statements.
4. Identify, develop and produce topic sentences.
5. Support main ideas with evidence and specific details in the body of the paragraphs.
6. Demonstrate audience awareness through choice of tone and style.
7. Generate unity in essays and their paragraphs.
8. Generate coherence and cohesion in essays and their paragraphs.
9. Adapt an appropriate essay pattern to develop a thesis.
10. Develop a writing process, including prewriting, drafting, revising and editing.
11. Interview for information.
12. Produce writing for business purposes.
13. Product good writing in-class, under time pressure.
14. Read and mark essays and other texts.
15. Generate reasonable inferences.
16. Develop and use a broad writing vocabulary.
17. Understand the concept of word connotations.
18. Participate clearly and effectively within a diverse group.
19. Report to a larger group.
20. Accept and give peer-evaluation and peer-revision.
21. Explain opinions and ideas with evidence.
22. Develop an awareness of and accommodate cultural differences in communication.
23. Reply appropriately to differences in values, class, culture, ethnicity, lifestyle,
    and point of view.
24. Identify and accommodate one's own and others' limitation and strengths.
25. Demonstrate self-reflection and self-evaluation.

TOPICAL OUTLINE: APPROX. HOURS

1. The writing process 4
2. Overview of the essay 2
3. Reading and marking essays 3
4. Understanding and accommodating an audience 3
5. Writing theses statements 4
6. Writing topic sentences 4
7. Developing specific support 5
8. Recognizing and creating unity 2
9. Recognizing and creating coherence 3
10. Recognizing and creating essay patterns 5
11. Writing for other purposes 3
12. Giving and receiving feedback 3
13. Revising 4
14. Editing for correctness 10