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ENG 055 Intensive Basic Composition 4 cr.*
This course is intensive and highly tutorial,
designed to prepare students for College
Composition I and to help develop basic
composition skills. It focuses on sentence
recognition, standard mechanics and usage,
and coherent paragraph development
through speaking, listening, reading, and
writing activities.
* Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment
and recommendation of an academic advisor.
4/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged
ENG 075 Fundamentals of
Composition 4 cr.*
This course in composition reinforces students’
abilities to focus and develop organized,
relevant support for a topic and to maintain
standard usage and mechanics. Learning
activities emphasize writing as process from
pre-writing, composing, editing, and proofreading
in paragraphs and longer papers,
primarily illustration/example essays.
* Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG
055 or placement based on assessment and
recommendation of an academic advisor.
4/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged
ENG 101 College Composition I 3 cr.
This course develops skills in expository
writing. It emphasizes the writing process,
organization, methods of development, and
diction. It requires a research essay using the
MLA
documentation format.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG
075 or assessment and completion of all
required Developmental Reading or
concurrent enrollment in REA 095
3/0/0 FA/SP/SU Course fee charged
ENG 102 College Composition II 3 cr.
This course in composition focuses on reading,
analyzing, and discussing literature. It
emphasizes reading skills, the expression of
insights in writing, and the pleasures of
reading literature.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 and completion of all
required Developmental Reading
3/0/0 FA/SP/SU
ENG 105 Technical Writing 3 cr.
This course focuses on the writing skills
necessary for presenting information of a
technical nature. There is intensive practice
through students writing reports in their own
technical or engineering field.
Prerequisite: ENG 101
3/0/0
ENG 106 Business Communications 3 cr.
This course focuses on effective communication
using business vocabulary and its
influence on human relations in business and
industry. It emphasizes instruction and practice
of the form, presentation, tone, and
psychology of business letters and reports.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or higher
3/0/0
ENG 251 Creative Writing 3 cr.
This writing course focuses on the short story
and/or poetry, with occasional evaluation of
the work of other writers. It requires a final
portfolio.
3/0/0
ENG 252 Semantics 3 cr.
This course examines the use and impact of
language in contemporary American society. It
focuses on the effects of language manipulation
in political, economic, and social areas.
Special attention is given to the connotation
of words, logical fallacies, propaganda, and
doublespeak. It examines the distinction
between responsible, persuasive language and
exploitive language.
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission
3/0/0
English as a Second Language
ESL 066 ESL Reading I 4 cr.*
This course is for beginning non-native
speakers of English. It introduces basic
phonics, vocabulary development, and prereading
and reading strategies such as topic
sentence and main idea to increase reading
comprehension.
* Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment
and recommendation of an academic advisor
4/0/0 Course fee charged
ESL 067 ESL Reading II 4 cr.*
This intermediate course is for non-native
speakers of English who have an understanding
of basic phonics, vocabulary, and prereading
and reading strategies such as topic
sentence and main idea. It focuses on
increasing reading comprehension with more
intermediate vocabulary development, word
and dictionary usage structural analysis, and
additional
pre-reading and reading strategies such as
author’s purpose and supporting details.
* Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: ESL 066 or intermediate reading
level comprehension scores based on
assessment and recommendation of an
academic advisor
4/0/0 Course fee charged
ESL 068 ESL Reading III 4 cr.*
This advanced course is for non-native
speakers of English who have an understanding
of intermediate vocabulary, word usage,
and reading strategies such as main idea,
author’s purpose, and supporting details. It
focuses on increasing reading with more
advanced vocabulary development, word and
dictionary usage, structural analysis, and
additional pre-reading and reading strategies
such as outlining and inference.
*Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: ESL 067 or placement based on
assessment and recommendation of an
academic advisor
4/0/0 Course fee charged
ESL 076 ESL Writing I 4 cr.*
This intensive course is for beginning nonnative
speakers of English. It introduces
elementary grammar and helps students to
develop basic paragraph writing skills through
speaking and writing activities.
*Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment
and recommendation of an academic advisor
4/0/0 Course fee charged
ESL 077 ESL Writing II 4 cr.*
This intensive course is for non-native speakers
of English who understand paragraph
development and have elementary grammar
skills. It focuses on intermediate grammar and
introduces the organization and development
of the basic five-paragraph essay through
speaking and writing activities.
*Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: ESL 076 or placement based on
assessment and recommendation of an
academic advisor
4/0/0 Course fee charged
ESL 078 ESL Writing III 4 cr.*
This intensive course is for non-native speakers
of English who understand the organization
and development of the five-paragraph essay
and have intermediate grammar skills. It
introduces advanced grammar and the
refinement of longer essays through speaking
and writing activities. It prepares students to
enter ENG 101.
*Credits do not apply toward graduation.
Prerequisite: ESL 077 or placement based on
assessment and recommendation of an
academic advisor
4/0/0 Course fee charged
To access outlines for these course descriptions, please visit http://www.bcc.edu/pages/476.asp
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