Academic English Program

EN 211 Academic Composition 1	Academic Composition 1 provides an introduction to freshman composition and rhetoric with added emphasis on editing and error correction. Selected essays are assigned as readings and serve as models and as idea generators. Writing assignments focus on several rhetorical modes. Students are guided to experience writing as a process while working to improve their composition and editing skills. The main purpose of this course is to transition students away from viewing writing in English as a discrete skill. Instead students are guided towards producing writing that is carefully edited, thoughtful, and content rich.
EN212 Academic Composition 2	Academic Composition 2 provides writing across the curriculum, building on the writing skills and strategies developed in Academic Composition 1. Readings are assigned from a variety of disciplines and include current events. The assigned readings serve as a basis for writing assignments that focus on more advanced writing strategies than those taught in Academic Composition 1. Possible writing assignments include response, multiple-source essays, analysis, and argumentation. The main purpose of the course is to guide students towards writing academic essays with well-thought out structure and multi-source support.
EN 221 Academic Literature 1	Academic Literature 1 provides an introduction to literature. A variety of short stories are assigned in order to introduce students to literary devices and to authors commonly studied in university classes. Emphasis is placed on encouraging students to gain in reading appreciation and confidence. Readings are followed by writing assignments that require students to support their interpretations with textual evidence. The main purpose of this course is to guide students towards increasing their reading competence through the investigation and analysis of literary selections.
EN 222 Academic Literature 2	Academic Literature 2 provides an intensive reading experience with assignments based on novels and drama. The class allows students to develop strategies for dealing with longer, more complex reading assignments. Skills acquired in other courses are utilized as students read, interpret, and write about novels and plays. The main purpose of this course is to strengthen students’ ability to read, analyze, and synthesize extended works of fiction.
EN 201 Communications	This course uses global issues/current and 20th century world affairs/cultural information as vehicles through which students improve their oral communications. The course will: 1) improve students’ ability to converse about different cultures / current affairs / global issues; and 2) improve students’ ability to participate individually and as groups in various modes of oral communication. Students may practice debates, Socratic seminars, presentations with visual aids, impromptu speaking, etc. Emphasis will be placed on encouraging students to appreciate and become more knowledgeable and curious about the world around them. The goal is to provide our students with increased public speaking confidence especially on a variety of topics which may come up in a liberal arts university setting.