ENGLISH 101: COMPOSITION 1/ IN-PERSON/3 Credits/4 Hours

FALL 2022/BMCC CAMPUS/Monday/Wednesday 9:00 AM – 10:40 AM

Class Dates: 08/29/2022 – 12/11/2022

Prof. Anna Copeland Wheatley: awheatley@bmcc.cuny.edu

Office Hours: Monday, 11 am – 2 pm and by appointment

Classroom: MU-321

ENGLISH 101: COMPOSITION 1/ IN-PERSON/3 Credits/4 Hours

FALL 2022/BMCC CAMPUS/Monday/Wednesday 9:00 AM – 10:40 AM

Class Dates: 08/29/2022 – 12/11/2022

Prof. Anna Copeland Wheatley: awheatley@bmcc.cuny.edu

Office Hours: Monday, 11 am – 2 pm and by appointment

Classroom: MU-321

Course Description

English Composition is the standard freshman-writing course. The course introduces students to academic writing. By its conclusion, students will be ready for English 201 and for the writing they will be asked to do in advanced courses across the curriculum. Students completing ENG 101 will have mastered the fundamentals of college-level reading and writing, including developing a thesis-driven response to the writing of others and following the basic conventions of citation and documentation. They will have practiced what Mike Rose calls the “habits of mind” necessary for success in college and in the larger world: summarizing, classifying, comparing, contrasting, and analyzing. Students will be introduced to basic research methods and MLA documentation and complete a research project. Students are required to take a departmental final exam that requires the composition of a 500- word thesis-driven essay in conversation with two texts.

Course Student Learning Outcomes	Measurements of How Learning Outcomes are Assessed
1. Organize, develop, and revise at least 3 thesis-driven essays that include substantial support and use a variety of rhetorical strategies.	1.  Graded essays, departmental final examination.
2. Summarize, paraphrase, and quote from readings.	2. Graded essays, out-of-class and in-class writing exercises, departmental final examination.
3. Critically analyze numerous readings.	3. Out-of-class and in-class writing exercises, class discussion of readings, graded essays, departmental final examination.
4. Demonstrate a command of written American English, using vocabulary and syntax appropriate to college-level work.	4. Graded essays, departmental final examination.
5.  Demonstrate a command of the MLA conventions of citation and documentation.	5.  Out-of-class graded essays.

General Education Learning Outcomes	Measurements of How Learning Outcomes are Assessed
Communication Skills- Students will be able to write, read, listen and speak critically and effectively.	Class discussion of readings, graded essays, departmental final examination.
Arts & Humanities – Students will be able to develop knowledge and understanding of the arts and literature through critiques of works of art, music, theatre or literature.	Class discussion of readings, graded essays, departmental final examination.
Values – Students will be able to make informed choices based on an understanding of personal values, human diversity, multicultural awareness and social responsibility.	Graded essays including personal essay, a forward-looking research essay on the impact of future technologies on society.
Information and Technology Literacy – Students will be able to collect, evaluate, and interpret information and effectively evaluate information technologies.	Class discussion of readings, graded essays, departmental final examination.