Student learning outcomes state what students are expected to know or be able to do upon completion of a course or program. Learning outcomes are statements that describe the knowledge or skills students should acquire by the end of a particular assignment, class, course, or program.
For ENGL 020:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Earn a passing grade in ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing.
2) Utilize the various phases in the writing process—prewriting, writing revision, and proofreading— to produce clear, well-supported, well-organized essays.
3) Using meta-language of effective writing, describe the ways in which their own work and the work of other students meets the standards and structures of required essay assignments
For English C1000:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Develop an argumentative essay with a clear thesis and with subclaims in support of the main argument.
2) Analyze texts to support claims, identify the strategies authors use to create meaning, and critically engage with the larger significance of key concepts.
3) Construct clear and organized writing that demonstrates an awareness of audience and purpose.
4) Critically engage with topics from multiple points of view, with attention to issues of identity, power, privilege, opportunity, social justice, and/or related themes and key concepts.d purpose.