COMP 090 - Writing Improvement II

Credits 5
This writing improvement courses helps students improve their composition skills by concentrating on paragraph construction. Paragraphs provide the foundation necessary for college level writing. The coursework assists students to move from sentences to paragraphs and prepares them for writing papers and reports.
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.
Understand and 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.