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ENG - 115 Essay Writing and Critical Analysis

3 Credit(s)
ENG 115 involves the study of university level critical analysis and the production of expository and persuasive writing appropriate to university level discourse across the curriculum. A variety of rhetorical models are studied and practiced. Emphasis is placed on research, documentation and the writing of a research paper. Students may not receive credit for ENG 115 if they have previously completed ENG 116  or ENG 117 .

Prerequisite(s):

  • C in Provincial English 12, English First Peoples 12, ENG 096 , ENG 098 , ESL 090, or ENG 160 ; or English assessment; or Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with band scores of 6.0 in Writing and Reading; or completion of ENG 104 .

For information about transferability: BCTransferGuide.ca

Course Content
  1. Genre
  2. Academic Research Sources
  3. Research Discourse and Ways of Stating Knowledge
  4. Reading as a Researcher
  5. Summaries
  6. Rhetorical Analysis
  7. Research Essay Proposals
  8. Constructing a Research Paper
  9. Building an Argument
  10. Incorporating Secondary Sources
  11. Introductions and Conclusions
  12. Scholarly Citation
  13. Revision

Learning Outcomes
  1. Summarize scholarly and non-scholarly articles.
  2. Distinguish characteristics of academic and non-academic writing.
  3. Write rhetorical analysis of university-level discourse.
  4. Write expository, persuasive and research-based academic essays that employ a variety of rhetorical strategies.
  5. Revise, edit, and polish drafts to produce coherent, unified, and logical prose..
  6. Locate and evaluate research materials.
  7. Incorporate secondary sources into research essays
  8. Apply major documentation styles and formats.

Student Evaluation

Minimum 3500 words distributed over at least 4 assignments.

 

 

% of Course Mark

 

 

 

Assignments, including summary, exposition, analysis and contribution to class activities.

 

20-35%

 

 

Research writing, including proposal, annotated bibliography, essay drafts, and final paper

35-40%

 

 

 

Supervised in-class writing, including in-class assignment(s) and final exam.

30-40%

 

Instructor Qualifications
MA in English, or BA in English and equivalent Master’s degree


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