The following list shows a summary of the topics covered in this course. To see all of the course pages, visit the Table of Contents.

• Module 1: Success Skills

  • Habits for Success
  • Time Management
  • Communication and Professionalism
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reflection

• Module 2: Reading Strategies

  • Reading Strategies
  • Specialized Reading Strategies
  • Rhetorical Context
  • Vocabulary
  • Types of Reading Material

• Module 3: Writing Essentials

  • Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences
  • Effective Paragraphs
  • Audience Awareness
  • Writing Strong Sentences

• Module 4: Writing in College

  • Writing in College
  • Writing Essays
  • Technology in Writing
  • Multimodality

• Module 5: Grammar Essentials

  • Punctuation: end punctuation, hyphens, dashes, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses
  • Apostrophes and Quotation Marks
  • Semicolons and Colons
  • Commas
  • Complete Sentences

• Module 6: The Writing Process

  • Topic Selection
  • Prewriting
  • Finding Evidence
  • Organizing
  • Drafting

• Module 7: The Writing Process—Revising and Proofreading

  • Revising Drafts
  • Revising for Content and Structure
  • Editing and Proofreading

• Module 8: Analysis and Synthesis

  • Analysis as Critical Thinking
  • Keys to Successful Analysis
  • Types of Analysis
  • Synthesis

• Module 9: Academic Argument

  • Argumentative Essays Statements
  • Logical Arguments
  • Modes of Persuasion
  • Logical Fallacies
  • Counterarguments

• Module 10: Research—Finding and Evaluating Sources

  • The Research Process
  • Finding Sources
  • Source Analysis

• Module 11: Research—Using Sources

  • Integrating Source Material
  • Writing Ethically
  • Quoting
  • MLA Documentation
  • APA Documentation

• Module 12: Grammar Basics

  • Nouns and Pronouns
  • Verbs
  • Parts of Speech
  • Sentence Structure