Schedule
Mon-Wed-Thu-Fri, 7:45 AM - 8:35 AM (1/28/2026 - 3/5/2026) Location: MAIN (Claremont Academy - High School)
Mon-Wed-Fri, 7:45 AM - 8:35 AM (3/6/2026 - 5/18/2026) Location: MAIN (Claremont Academy - High School)
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