Dr. McCadden has taught English Composition and Literature courses at Burlington County College since 1970. In addition to this teaching responsibilities, Dr. McCadden also coordinates the Adjunct Institute, serves on the Instructional Affairs Committee, and is Chairperson of the Student Conduct Committee. He is a runner, who recently completed a 10K in under 50 minutes, a reader, who enjoys particularly American literature and history, and an a student of human nature, who is interested in how technology is affecting contemporary students. This course outline is designed to use with the course syllabus that contains content goals as well as performance standards. This course is designed to help students develop skills in expository writing.
Emphasis is placed on the writing process, organization, methods of development, and diction.
An essay involving research is required. College level writing skills require the ability to write essays that follow different mentods of development. During this semester students will be challenged to write different types of essays as well as an argumentative-pursuasion essay using library research. Students will improve their reading ability and increase their vocabulary as a result of completing the assigned readings in our textbook. Students will develop a thorough knowledge of the rules of usage and grammar.