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550.001.01
English for Academic Purposes I

Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Extradepartmental
Credit(s)
0
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Saturday, 10:30am - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Focuses on academic writing skills including documentation styles, and combines Saturday class meetings with online assignments and one individual conference.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Apply strategies used in the three main stages of the Writing Process. Spiral strategies include brain storming, outlining, drafting, proofreading, rewriting and editing
  2. Formulate an effective thesis statement
  3. Support thesis with concrete supporting details
  4. Avoid global errors such as fragments, run-on/splice sentences, dangling modifiers
  5. Avoid errors in tenses and agreements
  6. Correctly incorporate quotation, summary, and paraphrase when citing outside sources
  7. Correctly apply required parenthetical documentation and bibliographical documentation format
Special Comments

Course is multi-term with 4th term registration required