ENG-0800 - Basic Writing (3)

Students in this course prepare for college-level writing. Students concentrate on developing writing skills needed to continue on to ENG 0900 , Introduction to Composition. Students develop or improve sentence writing skills, review and practice sentence grammar and mechanics, and develop and reinforce sentence combining and editing skills. By the end of the semester, students demonstrate their ability to write a unified, coherent paragraph mostly free of grammatical and mechanical errors. To pass the course, students must write a passing exit paragraph. Students receive grades of pass (P), fail (F), or in progress (IP). Students pay tuition equivalent to a three credit hour course. Students may not use this course for graduation. Students should refer to the schedule of classes for sections of this course taught in a computer lab and/or using an online writing lab. Students must pay an additional lab fee when taking this course in a computer-assisted classroom.