Students examine critically how literary texts are written, read and interpreted.
Literature read in the course includes both classic and contemporary works by culturally diverse writers. Students produce portfolios demonstrating their ability to write for a variety of purposes and audiences. Sequence of ENG 101 and 102 satisfies general education requirement in English composition and literature. Students refine their use of idiomatic English through the study of the mass media and literary selections, discussion, computer-assisted instruction, sentence combining and modeling. Must be taken concurrently with ENG 100.