WHAT IS THE SUNY (STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK) PROGRAM?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF GRADUATING WITH SUNY COURSES?
SUNY ENGLISH 100 (EN100)
Credit: 1 Length: 40 Weeks Grade: 11
Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation
A course designed to provide writing skills appropriate for all SUNY Erie programs. The course will emphasize the use of rhetorical strategies in the development of ideas, career-appropriate writing, writing about literature, and the ability to analyze and utilize diverse cultural perspectives. Reading selections support the aims of the course.
This entry-level writing course provides extensive practice in writing and reading in order to prepare students for ENG 101, College Writing II. Readings and writing assignments will vary from section to section, but students will write 300-500 words per week, leading to a minimum of five out-of-class formal assignments and at least 5000 words of finished copy by the conclusion of the course. Students will also gain experience with in-class writing. As per SUNY, students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or better in order to enroll in SUNY English 101.
SUNY ENG 101 (EN101)
Credit: 1 Length: 40 Weeks Grade: 12
Prerequisite: Successful completion of English 100
This course is a continuation of composition studies focusing on reading, analyzing, and writing about the humanities. Students will have direct instruction in writing, research, oral discourse, and communication ethics in an academic context with an emphasis on responding critically and analytically to various humanities disciplines such as art, literature, and music.
Extensive practice in writing and revising through multiple drafts, with the aim of helping students learn to think critically and to produce coherent college-level texts. Readings and writing assignments will vary from section to section, but students will write a minimum of five out-of-class formal assignments (at least 5000-6250 words or 20-25 pages of finished copy for all five combined), at least one of which will require research and documentation using multiple sources. Students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or better in English 101 to meet college credit requirements.