This summer Arizona State University is offering an open online course on English Composition. This course is intended for students proficient in English.
Improve your writing skills in this comprehensive introduction to the English composition credit-eligible course. The overall objective of this course is to help in improving students’ writing skills.
Course At A Glance
Length: 8 weeks
Effort: 18 hours/week
Subject: English Composition
Institution: Arizona State University
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes. Add a Verified Certificate for $49
Session: Not Currently Available
Providers’ Details
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About This Course
Language and the ability to communicate effectively are critical skills in the global economy. Writing and composition are vital in communicating the applicant’s ideas clearly.
This introductory writing course will help them develop and express ideas effectively for a variety of purposes, audiences, and occasions.
During the course, the applicant will complete several major written projects, along with a reflection for each project. For each project, they can decide what level of technology they wish to use.
If an applicant wishes to earn university credit for the course, which will count as credit for ASU’s First-Year Composition course, University will ask them to complete a portfolio in which they demonstrate what they have learned. Specifically, the applicant will address what they have learned in the course and provide evidence that they have acquired the skills and knowledge taught during the course.
Why Take This Course?
This is a free online course. This MOOC will be offered with Video Transcripts. This is verified, earn credit, honor course.
Learning Outcomes
Applicants will learn:
- Rhetorical Knowledge: how to craft your writing to meet the needs of specific audiences for specific purposes.
- Critical Thinking: how to make decisions about what to include and not include in your writing.
- Writing Processes: how to use the invention, research, drafting, revising, and editing in your writing.
- Knowledge of Conventions: how to use various formats and stylistic choices, including genre conventions.
- Digital Technology: how to use diverse technologies to write more effectively and efficiently.
- Habits of Mind: how to benefit from curiosity, openness, engagement, creativity, persistence, responsibility, flexibility, and reflection.
Instructors
- Duane Roen: Professor of English, Arizona State University
- Adam Pacton: Lecturer, Arizona State University
- Jamie Merriman-Pacton: Course Coordinator, Arizona State University
Requirements
Students must be proficient in English.
How To Join This Course
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