English 101 Syllabus

Santa Ana College English Department Mission Statement

The Santa Ana College English Department provides numerous opportunities for students to develop and improve the reading, critical thinking, and writing skills required to succeed at their chosen careers, to meet the rigors of the writing demands at four-year transfer institutions, and to foster lifelong learning and an appreciation of literature.

Course Description:  

Welcome to English 101! This is a college-level class that is geared toward preparing and honing your critical writing and reading skills. In this class, we will explore American cultural myths through critical readings, discussions, and academic writing.  Many of the topics that we read and analyze are controversial and (at times) difficult to discuss. We all have the right to voice our opinions, but they must be expressed in a thoughtful and respectful manner. Although this is an online course, I expect that we will all get to know each other fairly well.  I look forward to our discussions and to our semester together. For more information about out course watch the Welcome Video and review the Course Syllabus.  (Syllabus PDF File). 

Student Learning Objectives:  

• Students will be able to read critically for literal and implied meaning, identify main ideas, organizational strategies and authors' writing strategies as well as summarize, paraphrase, and analyze written works.
• Students will use the writing process to write, in proper MLA format, academic essays, including a documented research paper, using appropriately chosen details, organizational strategies, more complex sentence variety, and sufficiently correct grammar, punctuation, effective word choice, and style.
• Students will evaluate and ethically use primary and secondary academic sources to avoid plagiarism and will use the library's resources, including online databases, to locate appropriate academic source material.

Textbook Information:  

• Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. Tenth Edition, Bedford/St. Martin’s, ISBN: 978-1-4576-9921-4
• Modern Romance. Aziz Ansari. Penguin Classics, 2016. ISBN: 987-0-14-310925-9
• Computer and internet access

Syllabus

Make sure to read our course syllabus thoroughly. Post any questions you might have on our General Course Questions discussion board. 

Instructor Contact Information

• Instructor Name: Beatriz Villa
• Email: Villa_Beatriz@sac.edu
• Office Hours:  Google Hangouts by appointment only. Request a video call using my email. 
• Contact Preferences: Please contact me using the Canvas Inbox