English 101 Syllabus and Course Objectives

Course Syllabus:  

English 101 Syllabus Summer 2018.pdf

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Meet Your Instructor:                                                                             Hi English 101 Class! My name is Professor Carly Hunter and I have been teaching at Santa Ana College for 2 years. I am currently a PhD student in English Literature at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 Course Description:  

English 101 has multiple aims: to help you write effectively and to read and think critically. Because this course is based on the premise that reading, writing, and thinking are inseparable activities, the papers will require that you respond to a variety of texts (including, but not limited to, written and video) and to class discussion of these texts. Assignments will emphasize the skills and concepts central to expository writing: rhetoric, analysis, inference, critique, and argumentation, among others. This course will also emphasize the development of strong prewriting, revision, and proofreading skills, which you will practice in group workshops.

Textbook Information:  

They Say/ I Say

Authors: Cathy Birkenstein and Gerald Graff

Third Edition

ISBN: 978-0-393-90534-2

The Little Seagull Handbook

Authors: Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, and Francine Weinberg

Second Edition

Full Body Burden

Author: Kristen Iversen

ISBN: 978-0-307-95565-4
Course Learning Objectives: 

• Students will use the writing process to write, in 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 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 evaluate and ethically use primary and secondary academic sources to avoid plagiarism and will use the library’s resources, including online databases.

Santa Ana College English Department's 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.