ENG 160 Student Learning Outcomes

By semester’s end, students will demonstrate the ability to:

1.   Write well in different rhetorical situations and modes, i.e., for different purposes, occasions, and audiences..

2.   Understand and reflect on key concepts about writing and rhetoric (style, exigence, voice, invention, etc.).

3.   Craft well-developed, well-organized, clear, and grammatical sentences, paragraphs, and essays.

4.   Think and write as college students (reflecting, observing, explaining, comparing, summarizing, synthesizing, analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting).

5.   Approach writing as a process (planning, shaping, drafting, revising, and editing).

6.   Critique one’s own writing and the writing of others through reflection on important concepts and issues in composition studies.

7.   Evaluate sources of information using criteria such as currency, authority, objectivity, accuracy, specificity, and relevance.

8.   Use information ethically and legally.

9.   Develop oral presentation skills.

10. Develop computer and library information literacy skills.