This page serves as a placeholder until this course is on offer again.
ENG 100 is a developmental course, which means that while students are awarded normal credit for successfully completing the course, they are still given extra class-time so that they are able to more effectively enter into mainstream curricula.
As with any composition class, ENG 100 relies on doing a lot of writing. This means that the course discusses writing processes and a number of modes of composition; this semester, those modes will be definition, classification/division, and comparison/contrast, as defined in Wyrick's Steps to Writing Well. I require students to write one short paper in each mode (two to three pages each); students then take one of those three papers and expand it, including counter-argument, rebuttal, and a minimum amount of outside source material (coming to six to eight pages plus an MLA-style Works Cited). Writing is thus presented as an ongoing process and longer-term deep thought on a single topic is fostered, promoting skills that will be of service to students as they engage more fully in an information-driven economy and society.