Course Attributes:
Gen Ed - Basic Comm Option 1, Gen Ed - Basic Comm Option 2, Gen Ed - Basic Comm (Business), Liberal Arts and Science
Description:
Freshman Composition is a course in writing intended to enhance the student's ability to express ideas and to communicate information through expository prose. Emphasis is placed on generating ideas, planning paragraphs, validating thesis statements, organizing compositions, and selecting rhetorical strategies. Practical application of expository methods in essays and a research paper are required. Readings are used to illustrate and to stimulate language usage and writing techniques. Student performance on the Comprehensive Language Usage Exam and the Writing Competency Exam will affect the final course grade.