English 112

I. Course Title: Critical Reading and Writing in the Digital Age (WI) (GE)

II. Course Number: ENGL 112

III. Credit Hours: 3 credits

IV. Prerequisites: ENGL 111

V. Course Description: 

Development of analytical and critical reading, advanced academic writing and writing process strategies, principles of writing transfer, and information literacy.  

VI. Detailed Description of Content of the Course:

Readings will feature a variety of genres and forms, depending on the disciplinary focus of the class.  Assignments will offer students ample opportunity to draft, revise, and edit their academic writing appropriately for audience, genre, and purpose. The course will emphasize the process of research and the production of an essay or multi-modal project based on substantial research.

VI. Detailed Description of Conduct of Course:

Course will emphasize strategies for reading complex texts, for locating and evaluating source materials, and for developing and responding to complex arguments.  Students will complete a research project, in the form of a traditional essay or multi-modal text. They will develop their work by adapting their composing processes and responding to peer and instructor feedback. They also will write informally in a variety of formats and genres, potentially to include journals, reading and learning logs, and/or other exercises. This course is taught as writing-intensive.

VII. Goals and Objectives of the Course:

REAL goal and objectives:

Learning Goal: Through instruction and feedback, students become more adept at producing appropriate and effective written work.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Students demonstrate proficiency in the writing conventions of a discipline.
2. Students communicate through writing their understanding of disciplinary content and/or texts.

English Department Outcomes:

1. Students demonstrate ability to read critically and analytically in a discipline.
2. Students demonstrate the ability to transfer writing skills into different contexts.
3. Students demonstrate knowledge of the processes of research and information literacy.
4. Students use rhetorical principles as they write for appropriate audiences and purposes. 

VIII. Assessment Measures:

Assessment of students’ ability to read critically and analytically in a discipline may be based on reading journals, in-class writing assignments, and participation in class and group discussions. To communicate through writing their understanding of disciplinary content and/or texts, students may be asked to summarize, paraphrase, and analyze reading assignments and to integrate ideas and evidence from readings into texts appropriate for given disciplines that adhere to the writing conventions of those disciplines. Students’ knowledge of the processes of research and information literacy may be assessed via research proposals, working bibliographies, annotated bibliographies, and the integration and documentation of sources into texts appropriate for given disciplines. Writing assignments in different genres will be assigned in order to assess students’ ability to transfer writing skills into different contexts and their ability to use rhetorical principles appropriate for their audiences and purposes.

Review and Approval

August 2020

March 01, 2021