B. Course Syllabi for Materials Engineering

1. Course Name: Engl 104 First-Year Composition I

2. Catalog Description: Engl. 104. First-Year Composition. Cr. 3. Introduction to college-level writing strategies with emphasis on critical reading and thinking skills. Six to eight major writing assignments with readings from a variety of sources.

3. Prerequisites: None.

4. Textbook/Materials: Staff can choose from a short list of texts. A frequently used text is The Call to Write by John Trimbur (Addison Wesley Longman, 1999).

5. Course Learning Objectives:

• To develop strategies to revise writing.
• Adapt writing to specific purposes and readers.
• To use a variety of informational sources.
• To use a variety of organizational strategies.
• To avoid errors that distract or confuse the reader.

6. Topics Covered: The writing process, including revision; audience analysis; evidence and documentation; organization, expression, and correctness; writing summaries, position papers, and observation papers.

7. Class/Laboratory Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday 75 minutes each, or MWF 50 minutes each.

8. Professional Component: Engl 104 contributes 3 credits towards General Education.

9. Relationship of Course to Program Learning Outcomes and Program Educational Objectives: Objectives: C Outcomes: g, i, j

10. Prepared by: Margaret Graham, Professor, Dept. of English - Director of First-Year Composition, 5/1/00, rev. 5/25/00 KPC