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Composition II (ENG 102 (UG24))

Term: Fall 2024 (UNDG)

Faculty

Susan McPhersonShow MyInfo popup for Susan McPherson
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Office hours:
  • Tuesday 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
  • Tuesday 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
  • Tuesday 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
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    Description

    This theme-based course, the second in the composition sequence, develops and refines skills learned in ENG 101, with a specific focus on independent research. Students sharpen rhetorical, critical thinking, and academic writing skills and practice locating, evaluating, summarizing, synthesizing, and citing primary and secondary sources. Students will manage a sustained independent inquiry project(s) to include a research question or problem analysis, an annotated bibliography, and a research project. By the end of the semester, students will compile a portfolio of 15-25 pages that includes a self-reflection assignment and displays a writing and research process to include pre-writing, drafting, feedback, revision, and appropriate citation.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: ENG 101
    Semester Offered: F/S/SU