Title

ENGL1210 - Writing About Current Issues

Description

Description

Meets MnTC Goal Area 1. This course builds on the foundations of College Writing and provides students with additional opportunities to develop and refine their writing through a process approach. Students explore current issues by critically reading a variety of texts, conducting academic research and responding through discussion and writing.
API ID

Credits

3 (3/0/0)

Prerequisites

Competencies

  1. Demonstrate an awareness of current issues.
  2. Examine texts about current and contemporary life.
  3. Exhibit an awareness of context when analyzing a text.
  4. Explore current issues from multiple perspectives.
  5. Draw inferences and synthesize information from secondary and primary sources to establish a position.
  6. Respond critically via discussion and writing: reflections, observations, essays, articles, and/or profiles.
  7. Apply ethical principles when writing.
  8. Document sources according to the standards of a discipline.
  9. Refine drafting, revising and editing skills into a coherent writing process.
  10. Develop style and voice through writing.

Goal Areas

1. Communication
Degrees that use this course

Degrees that use this course

Art Transfer Pathway
Degree:
Associate of Fine Arts (AFA)
Location:
Fergus Falls Campus
Credits:
60
Engineering
Degree:
Associate of Science (AS)
Location:
Moorhead Campus
Credits:
60
Environmental Science
Degree:
Associate of Science (AS)
Location:
Fergus Falls Campus
Moorhead Campus
Credits:
60
History Transfer Pathway
Degree:
Associate of Arts (AA)
Location:
Fergus Falls Campus
Moorhead Campus
Online
Credits:
60
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degree:
Associate of Arts (AA)
Location:
Fergus Falls Campus
Detroit Lakes Campus
Moorhead Campus
Wadena Campus
Online
Credits:
60
Psychology Transfer Pathway
Degree:
Associate of Arts (AA)
Location:
Fergus Falls Campus
Detroit Lakes Campus
Moorhead Campus
Wadena Campus
Online
Credits:
60