ENG 099 - English Composition 1 Support

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5
Lab Contact Hours: 1.5
Description: This course is designed to provide students with supplemental support and instruction to promote success in ENG 101. Instruction and activities will support the development of reading and writing strategies. Study skills such as time management, note-taking, and test preparation also will be covered. Students will be required to meet with an Academic Success or Writing Coach during the semester.

Prerequisites: Minimum score of 10 ACT-English, 17 SAT-Writing and Language, 35 CPT-Sentence Skills or 220 NGA-Writing. Or Minimum score of 11 ACT-Reading, 18 SAT-Reading, 32 CPT-Reading Comprehension or 220 NGA-Reading. Or Overall High School GPA below 2.7.
Corequisites: ENG 101
Recommended: None

Course Category: Liberal Arts | English
This Course is Typically Offered: Winter and Fall
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Course Competencies

Apply critical reading strategies for various types of college-level material, including textbooks, essays and visuals.
Determine stated and unstated main ideas and supporting details in various types of college-level material.
Explore major patterns of organization commonly used in various types of college-level material.
Examine the author’s purpose and point of view in various types of college-level material.
Apply brainstorming, clustering, mapping, outlining, or other strategies to the generation and organization of ideas.
Create well-structured sentences of all types, including simple, complex, compound and compound/complex.
Write well-organized paragraphs, including effective topic and concluding sentences.
Revise paragraphs for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, word choice and format.
Apply appropriate writing conventions and citation standards for various subjects, audiences and purposes.
Explore the elements of argumentative reading and writing.
Employ vocabulary skills to meet common college-level reading and writing expectations.
Apply appropriate study skills to meet college-level reading and writing activities, including time management, note taking, test preparation/studying and active reading.