EL CAMINO COLLEGE
COURSE OUTLINE OF RECORD
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION | ||
Course Title and Number : | English 1A (Official) | |
Descriptive Title : | Reading and Composition | |
Discipline : | English | |
Division : | Humanities | |
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Hours Lecture : | 4 | |
Hours Laboratory : | 0 | |
Course Units : | 4 | |
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Conditions of Enrollment: Specify Prerequisite, Corequisite, Recommended Preparation, Enrollment Limitation, or None. | ||
Prerequisite: credit in English A and credit in English 84 or English 7; or qualification by testing (English Placement Test) and assessment | ||
Catalog Description : | ||
This
course is designed to strengthen the students' ability to read with
understanding and discernment, to discuss assigned readings
intelligently, and to write clearly. Emphasis will be placed on writing
essays in which each paragraph relates to a controlling idea, has an
introduction and conclusion, and contains primary and secondary support.
College-level reading material will be assigned to provide the
stimulus for class discussion and writing assignments, including a
required research paper. |
II. COURSE OBJECTIVES | ||
List the major objectives of the course. These must be stated in behaviorally measurable terms. | ||
1. Recognize and revise sentence-level grammar and usage errors.
2. Read and apply critical-thinking skills to numerous published articles and to college-level, book-length works for the purpose of writing and discussion. 3. Apply appropriate strategies in the writing process including prewriting, composing, revising, and editing techniques. 4. Compose multi-paragraph, thesis-driven essays with logical and appropriate supporting ideas, and with unity and coherence. 5. Demonstrate ability to locate and utilize a variety of academic databases, peer-reviewed journals, and scholarly websites. 6. Utilize MLA guidelines to format essays, cite sources in the texts of essays, and compile Works Cited lists. |
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The topics should be detailed enough to enable an instructor to determine the major areas that should be covered and so that the course may have consistency from instructor to instructor and semester to semester. Major Topics |
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IV. METHODS OF EVALUATION | ||||||
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CREDIT, DEGREE APPLICABLE AND CREDIT, NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE
COURSES
Check the PRIMARY method of evaluation for this course. |
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A minimum of one response in 1, 2, or 3 below, as applicable, is required. However, you may check all that apply. | ||||||
1. | Indicate the types of writing assignments used as primary or secondary methods of evaluation for this course. | |||||
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2. | Indicate the types of problem-solving demonstrations used as primary or secondary methods of evaluation for this course. | |||||
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3. | Indicate the types of skill demonstrations used as primary or secondary methods of evaluation for this course. | |||||
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4. If objective exams are also used, check all that apply. | ||||||
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NON-CREDIT COURSE
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Indicate the methods of evaluation that will be used to determine that the stated objectives have been met. | ||||||
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V. COURSEWORK | |||||
A. TYPICAL ASSIGNMENT
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Provide an example of a typical assignment. This assignment must correspond to the PRIMARY method of evaluation indicated in Section IV, Methods of Evaluation. That is, it must be a writing assignment or, if more appropriate, an assignment involving problem solving or skill demonstration. |
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Use the critical-thinking skills you have learned in class to write an essay of three to five pages (750-1,250 words) analyzing, evaluating, and responding to the thesis and supporting evidence of one essay we've read and discussed in class. You may use any of our course readings or other appropriate sources to support your position. | |||||
B. COLLEGE-LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENTS
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Cite two specific assignments that demonstrate college-level critical thinking. (Required for degree applicable courses only.) | |||||
1. | One of the issues Marsha Norman's play "'night, Mother" explores is Jessie Cates's relationships with the various men in her life. Each relationship involves a loss of one kind or another. Consider her relations with her deceased father, her ex-husband, her troubled son, and her estranged brother. Analyze in a 3- to 4-page written essay the loss or pain involved in each relationship, and assess how these losses contribute to Jessie's decision to kill herself. | ||||
2. | Analyze in a 3- to 4-page written essay the thesis and supporting evidence in Robert Heilbroner's "Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgment," and evaluate whether he is right or wrong in his perception that the practice of stereotyping can be reduced through individual effort. Analyze and evaluate the portions of Heilbroner's text that you incorporate into your essay. | ||||
C. WORK OUTSIDE OF CLASS
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Two hours of work outside of class are required for each hour of lecture or equivalent. Each student in this course will be required to participate in the following work outside of class time. Check all that apply. | |||||
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VI. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY | ||||
Check all planned instructional activities that apply: | ||||
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NOTE: In compliance with Board Policies 1600 and 3410, Title 5 California Code of Regulations, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Sections 504 and 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, instructional delivery shall provide access, full inclusion, and effective communication for students with disabilities. |
VII. TEXTS AND MATERIALS | ||
If multiple selection is offered,
only representative texts need be listed. An
up-to-date list of required and recommended materials is maintained
in the division office.
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A. REQUIRED TEXTS (title, author, publisher, year) | ||
Between Worlds, A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook, Susan Bachmann and Melinda Barth, Longman, 2009.
Rules for Writers, ECC Edition, Hacker, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. |
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B. REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS | ||
This Boy's Life, Wolff, Grove Press, 2004.
The Day of the Locust, West, New Directions, 1969. 'night, Mother, Norman, Hill and Wang, 1983. Wit, Edson, Faber and Faber, 1999. As I Lay Dying, Faulkner, Vintage, 1987. |
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C. OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS | ||
VIII. CONDITIONS OF ENROLLMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If
this course has a prerequisite or corequisite, complete section
A. If this course has an Enrollment Limitation, complete
section B.
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A.
PREREQUISITE AND/OR COREQUISITE
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1. | Indicate if this course has a prerequisite, corequisite, both, or none. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2. | Indicate Type. Check all that apply. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3. | Entrance Skills/Knowledge List the required skills and/or knowledge without which a student would be highly unlikely to receive a grade of A, B, C, or Credit (or for Health and Safety, would endanger self or others) in this course. |
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1. Identify an implied main idea (thesis), and support with major and minor details, from a longer text or novel.
2. Apply appropriate strategies in the writing process including prewriting, composing, revising, and editing techniques. 3. Plan, write, and revise 500-word multi-paragraph expository essays including an introduction and conclusion, exhibiting coherence and unity, avoiding major grammatical and mechanical errors that interfere with meaning, and demonstrating awareness of audience, purpose, and language choice. |
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ENROLLMENT LIMITATION
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1. | Indicate the category which describes the Enrollment Limitation for this course. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2. | List Degree and/or Certificate requirements that are met by this course. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. | List all El Camino College courses that also satisfy the requirements listed above in section B.2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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