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.

All versions of English 106 and 108 use the same outcomes. By the end of the course, students will: