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Eng 101

English 101 is a process writing course; students practice strategies for exploring ideas and develop their revision processes through peer response, instructor feedback, and guided analysis of their own writing. Critical reading, research, and reflection are important components of the course. Class discussion and writing assignments help students read for comprehension, genre understanding, and rhetorical inspiration/critique. Students apply their developing reading skills in a multi-source library research project, which is showcased in their capstone portfolios. In addition to displaying their writing accomplishments, the portfolio includes a reflective essay in which students describe their rhetorical choices and writing development in the course.

Most Minnesota State Mankato students take English 101 during their first two years of college. Occasionally, though, a student feels that he/she should be exempt from the course based on his/her prior writing instruction. The Composition Program’s Challenge Exam has been developed with these students in mind.

Competencies

(a) demonstrate and practice strategies for idea generation, audience analysis, organization of texts, drafting, evaluation of drafts, revision, and editing;

(b) write papers of varying lengths that demonstrate effective exploration, analysis, and argumentation;

(c) become experienced in computer-assisted writing and research;

(d) locate and evaluate material, including library, internet and other sources;

(e) analyze and synthesize source material, making appropriate use of paraphrase,
summary, quotation, and citation conventions;

(f) employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.