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A "T" located to the left of the available semester indicates transfer to Murray State University, Southeast Missouri State University, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale as per articulation agreements. These courses will also transfer to most public four-year institutions in the state of Illinois.

 

ENG 041 COLLEGE PREP READING I

F all /Spring/Summer

ENG 041 is a strategy-oriented class for developing readers who have not yet achieved a functional level of reading to meet the demands of college classes or for students who wish to improve their reading skills. This class is designed to improve reading through discussion and active participation in reading. Improvement will be sought in the four areas of reading: vocabulary, comprehension, study skills, and fluency.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Based on skills assessment

 

ENG 042 COLLEGE PREP READING II

F all /Spring/Summer

ENG 042 is a strategy-oriented class for developing readers who have not yet achieved a competent level of reading to meet the demands of college classes or for students who wish to improve their reading skills. This class is designed to improve reading through discussion and active participation in reading. This course is a continuation of College Prep Reading I – ENG 041 and continues to emphasize vocabulary, comprehension, study skills, and fluency.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): College Prep Reading I-ENG 041 with a minimum grade of “C” or diagnostic test placement

 

ENG 043 COLLEGE PREP COMPOSITION I

F all /Spring/Summer

Study of the form and content of effective writing. Includes review of the essentials of grammar and usage, and intensive practice in writing complete sentences, effective paragraphs, and short essays/compositions.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): None

 

ENG 044 COLLEGE PREP COMPOSITION II

F all /Spring/Summer

Study of the form and content of effective writing. Includes review of the essentials of grammar and usage, and intensive practice in writing complete sentences, effective paragraphs, short essays/compositions and reports.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): College Prep Composition I-ENG 043 with a minimum grade of “C” or placement as per diagnostic test results.

 

ENG 045 READING REVIEW

F all /Spring

Reading Review is an independent laboratory reading class option for those students who score 70-76 on the COMPASS reading placement test or 34-37 on the ASSET reading placement test, or for students who want to improve their reading skills even though they did not test ito the developmental reading course.

Credit: 1 hour – Two lab hour per week.

Prerequisite(s): Skills assessment or the consent of the instructor.

 

ENG 111 ENGLISH COMPOSITION

T C1 900 F all /Spring/Summer

This composition course stresses development of writing skills and explores a variety of compositional forms. Students will develop an awareness of the writing process and become competent in inventional, organizational and editorial strategies. This course emphasizes critical skills in reading, thinking, and writing.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory evidence of entry level writing skills based upon high school transcript, ASSET/COMPASS scores, and/or completion of the developmental English program with a minimum grade of “C”.

 

ENG 112 ENGLISH COMPOSITION

T C1 901 F all /Spring/Summer

This course stresses further development of writing skills and explores a variety of compositional forms. Students will continue to develop awareness of the writing process and become competent in inventional, organizational and editorial strategies. This course emphasizes critical skills in reading, thinking, and writing and includes production of documented, multi-source writing.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): English Composition-ENG 111 with a minimum grade of C.

 

ENG 124 & 210 TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION I & II

By Request

This English course is designed as a basic or fundamental course and will be used as an option to ENG 111 for vocational, technical, and occupational students. This course is designed to introduce and give the students experience in using the writing skills necessary for employment in today’s workplace. Emphasis is placed upon the reader, purpose, focus, organization, clarity, conciseness, grammar and usage, and punctuation. Students will learn to summarize material, write instructions, describe procedures, write memorandums and letters using inductive and deductive reasoning, and organize writing through classification.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory ASSET/COMPASS score

 

ENG 125 CAREER ENGLISH

By Request

This course is a continuation of ENG 124 and is designed to refine basic skills in grammar and composition.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Technical Communication I-ENG 124 with a minimum grade of C

 

ENG 126 CREATIVE WRITING

T By Request

This course is designed to provide a study of creative writing. Emphasis will be placed on the production of student writing, with critical evaluation being an integral part of the process. Areas of concentration will be poetry, fiction, and drama.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): None

 

ENG 221 TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION II

By Request

This advanced course is a continuation of ENG 124 and is designed to teach technical writing skills to vocational, occupational, and technical students. Class work will include analysis of the communication problems particular to technical writing. Students will study the techniques of writing memos, letters, proposals, and various types of reports, and making oral presentations in the workplace. Attention will be given to pre-writing, audience analysis, language, organization, development, and editing, and presenting (visu all y or or all y) various types of technical materials.

Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): Technical Communication I-ENG 124 or English Composition-ENG 111


For More Information Contact:
Judy Strickland - Communication, Humanities
and Social Science Division Chair

at 1-800-481-2242 ext. 3237 or e-mail
judys@shawneecc.edu

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