Course Description-
This class is designed to improve reading, writing, and speaking abilities. The emphasis is on writing essays, analysis of essays and major literary works.

Course Goals-
College English I is designed to improve the student’s reading, writing, and speaking skills, and to give the student a broad understanding of culture and society. Emphasis is on essay writing and critical analysis of major literary works.

Course Objectives-
On completion of the course, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
1. Identify the major points in various literary and non-fiction readings, lectures, and class discussions.
2. Apply rules of grammar, mechanics, usage, and sentence structure.
3. Demonstrate the ability to use paragraphs effectively, creating a topic sentence that captures the main idea of the paragraph and supporting this statement with specific details, arguments or examples.
4. Write unified, coherent, and well-developed essays.
5. Analyze and discuss literary works using appropriate literary terms and concepts.
6. Present ideas orally in an organized, coherent, and convincing way.
7. Demonstrate the ability to think critically by identifying an argument’s strengths and weaknesses.