English 103: Composition and Critical Thinking II

Course Description

This course develops critical thinking, reading, and argumentative writing skills beyond the level achieved in English 101 and requires the writing of a minimum of 10,000 words in essays and a research paper throughout the semester. It emphasizes reasoning, analysis and strategies of argumentation using interdisciplinary texts that include theoretical and literary works. Evaluations of texts reveal the multicultural and global aspects of our society. 

Student Learning Outcomes

• Write an essay, based on one or two assigned texts that focus on social issues, that will focus on supporting a thesis and topic sentences with textual evidence and with integrated quotes that show rather than tell, and (along with citations) are integrated smoothly into the analysis. 

• Write an essay in which they will analyze passages/texts from a source(s) that focus on social issues, and provide insightful analysis that looks at word choice, implications, connotations, and/or gaps in the text