COMP 080 - Writing Improvement I

5 Credits
Learn to make your writing sizzle by improving your basic sentence structure. This course is designed to help you write a wide variety of strong sentences as well as maximize your knowledge of grammar basics. Instruction includes daily writing and use of technology to assist writer in improving their writing skills.

Course Outcomes

Employ pre-writing techniques to generate and organize ideas.
Understand and apply standard grammar and punctuation.
Employ expression that is clear, concise, relevant, and detailed.
Demonstrate the obligations of crediting borrowed ideas when using the works of others.
Demonstrate an understanding of paragraph and essay structure.
Compose effective thesis and topic sentence statements in conventional essays and paragraphs.
Compose paragraphs and essays that demonstrate unity, development, and coherence.
Read to understand and explain an author’s purpose and methods of persuasion.
Improve writing through practice, evaluation, and revision.