English Composition Preparation - EDE 10 at Camp Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu/colleges/camp/courses/EDE10-EnglishCompositionPreparation
Effective: 2020-01-01
Course Description
Provides academic skills and support for introductory composition. Students will identify and apply academic skills including critical reading, writing, thinking, and research. Upon successful completion of EDE 10, instructors recommend enrollment in EDE 11/ENG 111 or ENG 111 or ENG 115/ENG 131.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
This course prepares students to be recommended for enrollment in EDE 11/ENG 111 or ENG 111 or ENG 115/131.
Course Objectives
- Review of Critical Processes
- Identify reading, writing, thinking, and basic research processes
- Critical Reading
- Implement vocabulary
- Identify main ideas/support details
- Apply reading strategies
- Make inferences
- Critical Writing
- Develop pre-writing strategies
- Create sentences and paragraphs
- Demonstrate proficiency in grammar/mechanics
- Critical Thinking
- Make connections
- Solve problems
- Critical Research
- Identify and understand plagiarism
- Identify resources
- Recognize academic documentation and formatting
Major Topics to be Included
- Reading
- Writing
- Thinking
- Basic research processes