ENGL 10600

First Year Composition With Conferences
First-Year Composition

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About the Course
ENGL 10600 is the standard 4-credit hour composition course for students at Purdue. Students in the course produce between 7,500-11,500 words of polished writing (or 15,000-22,000 total words, including drafts) or the equivalent. Some of this text production will be done using multimedia, and some of it may be composed in short assignments. Writing topics will be closely tied to the course’s theme or approach, and may include personal experiences as well as research-based arguments. Students may also be asked to write on topics that are related to their major fields of study.
 
ENGL 10600 often includes different types of research directed toward a final project reflecting the expertise students have gained over the session. Students explore multiple topics and rhetorical contexts, and produce and analyze digital media environments. Most instructors use planning assignments in order to help students discover and explore topics, angles, or audiences of interest. Students also spend time reading and discussing writing of their own, their peers, and professionals. Instructors may accomplish this through in-class review sessions or in weekly or bi-weekly conferences. Additionally, instructors may select outside readings related to the theme of the class or readings similar in purpose to the writing assigned.
 
ENGL 10600 is offered as both a face-to-face and online course (106-Y). Some second language writers need to enroll in ENGL 10600-I; a limited number of sections are available in summer.
Course Goals/Learning Objectives
All versions of English 106 and 108 use the same outcomes. By the end of the course, students will:
  1. Demonstrate rhetorical awareness of diverse audiences, situations, and contexts.
  2. Compose a variety of texts in a range of forms, equaling at least 7,500-11,500 words of polished writing (or 15,000-22,000 words, including drafts).
  3. Critically think about writing and rhetoric through reading, analysis, and reflection.
  4. Provide constructive feedback to others and incorporate feedback into their writing.
  5. Perform research and evaluate sources to support claims.
  6. Engage multiple digital technologies to compose for different purposes.

ENGL 10600

Course Catalog
ENGL 10600 First-Year Composition

Description
Credit Hours: 4.00. Extensive practice in writing clear and effective prose. Instruction in organization, audience, style, and research-based writing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. NOTE: Concurrent registration is not permitted for ENGL 10600 and COM 11400.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours
Levels:  Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate
Schedule Types:  Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Practice Study Observation, Recitation
Offered By:  College of Liberal Arts
Department:  English
Course Attributes
Dept Credit, Exempt, Lower Division, GTC-Written Communication, GTC-Information Literacy, UC-Written Communication, UC-Information Literacy
May be offered at any of the following campuses:  West Lafayette Continuing Ed Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette SW Anderson SW Columbus SW Kokomo SW Subaru Manufacturing Campus SW New Albany SW Richmond SW South Bend
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