12/26/2024 8:04:29 AM	ENGL 770 Course Outline as of Spring 2022	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 770	Title:  WRITING CENTER
Full Title:  Writing Center
Last Reviewed:8/27/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	0	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	0	Lab Scheduled	0		1 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	10.00			Contact DHR	175.00
		Contact Total	10.00			Contact Total	175.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00

Title 5 Category:  Non-Credit
Grading:  Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:  27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

In this course students will receive individualized instruction in essential English skills. This course supports students with academic reading and writing assignments from across disciplines and with college and job preparation writing tasks. It also supports students by developing their college level English skills, including academic writing, active reading, and grammar.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

In this course students will receive individualized instruction in essential English skills. This course supports students with academic reading and writing assignments from across disciplines and with college and job preparation writing tasks. It also supports students by developing their college level English skills, including academic writing, active reading, and grammar.

(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Identify specific reading or writing topics for which staff can provide instruction.

2.  Demonstrate increased understanding of concepts or topics necessary for completion of

    reading or writing assignments.

3.  Demonstrate improvement of a specific skill or skills necessary for completion of reading or

    writing assignments.

4.  Complete college reading or writing assignments with greater confidence.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Actively participate in consultations.

2. Improve understanding of and skills in active reading, academic writing, and/or research.  

3. Apply feedback from consultations to specific college or course-related assignments.

Topics and Scope

Students will receive instruction in one or more of the following:

 

Writing:

I.    Prewriting Strategies

II.   Audience and Tone

III.  Narrowing/Broadening a Topic

IV.  Developing a Thesis

V.   Essay Organization Patterns

    A. Narrative

    B. Descriptive

    C. Cause and effect

    D. Compare and contrast

    E. Analysis/Synthesis

    F. Argument

VI.   Introductory Devices

VII.  Concluding the Essay

VIII. Paragraph Development

    A. Developing support

         1. topic sentences and main ideas

         2. specific examples

         3. supporting quotations

         4. forms of evidence

         5. analysis and explanation

    B. Transitions between sentences

    C. Transitions between paragraphs

IX.  Style

    A. Vocabulary

    B. Figurative language

    C. Avoiding wordiness and redundancy

X.   Revision

    A. Evaluating essay and paragraph structure

    B. Assessing consistency in meeting assignment parameters

    C. Obtaining objective reader's understanding of argument

XI. Editing and Revision

    A. Formatting

    B. Creating a title

    C. Linguistic clarity

     D. Achieving stylistic intention

XII. Research and Documentation Techniques/Guidelines

    A. MLA

    B. APA

    C. Avoiding plagiarism

 

Grammar:

I.    Parts of Speech

II.   Basic Punctuation and Spacing

III.  Titles

IV.  Numbers and Dates

V.   Capitalization

VI.  Abbreviation

VII. Spelling

    A. Commonly misspelled words

    B. Homonyms

    C. Hyphenated words

VIII.Subject/Verb Agreement

IX.  Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

X.   Dangling Phrases

XI.  Wordiness

 

Active Reading:

I.     Identifying Active Reading Strategies

    A. Previewing and making predictions

    B. Annotating

     C. Identifying structural and stylistic features

     D. Making connections between ideas from a text and other texts, examples from cultural, and

         personal experience

    E. Identifying points of confusion and developing critical questions

II.    Identifying the Main Idea in Paragraphs and Longer Readings

III.   Identifying Major and Minor Details

IV.   Writing a Summary

V.    Writing a Response

VI.   Improving Vocabulary

VII.  Identifying Tone

VIII. Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion

IX.   Identifying Genres of Literature

Assignments:

Students will independently complete and revise assignments for English and other classes, with assistance from instructors who are available for individual tutorials.

Representative Assignments:

 

1. Writing assignments related to English composition courses

2. Writing and revising essays for composition courses

3. Writing and revising research papers

4. Reading and analyzing assignments

5. Library and Internet research

6. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling tutorials

7. Personal essays or statements for transfer and scholarship applications

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 90%
Complete and revise assignments
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 90%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials

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