English Composition Readiness - EDE 11 at Piedmont Virginia Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu/colleges/pvcc/courses/EDE11-EnglishCompositionReadiness
Effective: 2020-01-01
Course Description
Provides academic support for successful completion of ENG 111. Students will identify and apply academic skills including critical reading, writing, thinking, and introductory research.
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 provides academic support for successful completion of ENG 111.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Corequisite: ENG 111
Course Objectives
- Identify and implement critical processes - in reading, writing, thinking, and research as defined in EDE 11 and ENG 111.
- Critical Reading - identify basic rhetorical knowledge and use active reading strategies alongside ENG 111.
- Critical Writing and Conventions - compose and apply the writing process and conventions
- Critical Thinking - show critical thinking skills about various texts from EDE 11 and ENG 111
- Critical Research - demonstrate effective research processes for EDE 11 and ENG 111.
Major Topics to be Included
- Critical reading
- Writing
- Thinking
- Introductory research