Students learn strategies to organize and develop their texts on various topics and for various purposes and audiences. Students also learn to revise, edit, and present texts for specific groups of readers. Students will be required to develop word-processing skills. In this developmental course, students learn and practice the writing skills necessary for College of Liberal Arts writing courses including how to gather information from various sources, plan, draft, revise and edit texts in various forms, such as summary, classification, comparison and contrast. They learn strategies to organize and develop their texts on various topics, and for various purposes and audiences.
Students also learn to revise, edit, and present texts for specific groups of readers.
Students will be required to develop word-processing skills. Students learn basic literary terms and improve their critical reading skills in order to appreciate literature. The exploration and study of literature stimulates discussions of the relationships of literary works to one's own life. This developmental course is for students who are familiar with basic literary analysis and are ready to identify, elucidate and discuss traditional literary elements. Instruction and practice focuses on elements such as theme, personal values, conflict, and tone.