7 courses with the subject ENGL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ENGL 0900Essential Reading and Writing Strategies4
Credit(s) 4 credits lecture/0 credits lab This course provides the integrated strategies, skills, and applications of reading and writing necessary for success in technical and general education courses. By covering the shared features of the reading and writing processes and how to identify main ideas, organizational patterns, and supporting details, the course will practice how to read and respond to texts and specific writing and rhetorical situations found in college courses. Topics covered include all stages of the reading and writing processes; audience awareness; mastering new vocabulary through study of word parts, context clues, and the dictionary; recognizing and applying the conventions of Standard English; writing a thesis statement; organizing a first draft; developing support for the main idea; and composing a short essay.
Credit(s) 4 credits lecture/0 credits lab This is an introductory course focused on academic writing assignments that involve critical reading, thinking, listening, and writing for a variety of rhetorical purposes and audiences. Students will learn how to develop their ideas; organize rough drafts; respond to peer and instructor feedback; and revise and edit their essays. Students will compile a viable job search portfolio. Each student will also develop a research paper, with sources properly cited in a standard citation format, through a process of discovering, analyzing, and synthesizing information drawn from both print and electronic sources.
ENGL 0900 with a grade of C or better or appropriate placement score MnTC Goal Area(s): 1 and 2
ENGL 1110Research Project1
Credit(s) 1 credit lecture/0 credits lab This course is designed for students who have previously taken a 3-credit freshman-level course at an accredited college. It assumes that the student is already able to compose an essay and understands the basics of writing, including using prewriting strategies; writing a thesis statement; organizing and developing the introduction, body, and conclusion of an essay; and using the writing conventions with accuracy. This course will specifically focus on the research paper. In doing so, it will emphasize communication skills, including proper employment of APA citation format to document sources, and effective, ethical implementation of technical and information literacy skills.
ENGL 0900 with a grade of C or better or appropriate placement score MnTC Goal Area(s): 1
ENGL 1125Technical Communication and Documentation3
Credit(s) 3 Credits Lecture/0 Credits Lab This course introduces the written communication and technical documentation needed for the workplace. The course focuses on the process of conveying complex information effectively to diverse audiences. Topics will explore audience analysis, purpose identification, research, and organizational methods through the reading and writing of workplace-specific texts. Additionally, the course emphasizes the fostering of interpersonal communication skills through active listening, empathy, and conflict resolution.
Credit(s) 4 credits lecture/0 credits lab This course introduces students to important literary contributions of writers from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, focusing on critical reading and discussion; the elements of literature; and analysis, interpretation and evaluation, in minority and immigrant literature of the United States. Coursework will include short essays, peer-review work, and a longer researched essay using MLA citation format. Students will first write about their own cultural heritage, and then study several significant and representative multicultural works. This course will explore the global origins of people who make up United States society; the problems and possibilities facing groups based on race, religion, gender, ethnicity, national origin, and social class; and the strategies, struggles, and ingenuity of those who have brought about change.
Credit(s) 4 credits lecture/0 credits lab English 2105 is a course designed to help students communicate effectively in the technology-supported writing environment of the 21st-century workplace. The course teaches the rhetorical principles that help students shape their business writing ethically, for multiple and multicultural audiences, in a variety of professional situations. Students will produce effective business letters, emails, memos, researched reports, web sites and collaborative projects in professional contexts. Students will analyze a variety of communication situations and design appropriate responses through tasks that involve problem solving, rhetorical theory, document design, oral presentations, writing teams, and audience awareness.
ENGL 0900 with a grade of C or better or appropriate placement score MnTC Goal Area(s): 1 and 2
ENGL 2110Literature and the Environment3
Credit(s) 3 credits lecture/0 credits lab This college literature course offers students the opportunity to analyze texts that explore the relationship between humans and their environments. Possible topics include ecocriticism, sustainability, urban nature, the role of the natural world in literary imagination, and eco-literacy, and texts may include works of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and popular culture. This course will provide experience with critical thinking and literary analysis as students examine perspectives, integrate evidence, and articulate responses through discussions, writings, and other activities. Students will be expected to read and write at the college level.
