ENGL-1301 English Composition I
Joseph O'Connell
Credit Fall 2025
Section(s)
ENGL-1301-324 (21054)
LEC DIL ONL DIL
Course Requirements
All students will write between six and eight essays over the course of the semester, including an essay known as the Departmental Exam, which must be passed to complete the course with a minimum grade of C. Of these essays, one will be a research paper of at least 1000 words, and one will be a textual analysis. The research paper will use MLA style and will require a minimum of four sources, including at least two different types of sources. The remaining essays will achieve at least two of the following rhetorical aims:; expressive, literary, referential, and persuasive.
In writing each essay, students will use one or more of the following methods of development; cause and effect, comparison/contrast, classification, definition, description, illustration, narration, process analysis, and evaluation.
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
The goals of Composition I are to promote clear, coherent, confident, and effective communication.
Upon completion of English 1301, students should be able to identify rhetorical purposes and methods of organization appropriate to topic, thesis, and audience; collect, read, analyze, and use information from a wide range of sources; write a coherent essay observing appropriate grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic conventions; evaluate, edit, and revise at all stages of the writing process.
Office Hours
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