ENC 1102

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ENGLISH COMPOSITION II

(Fully Online)

Welcome to English Composition II. Writing is a fundamental part of our lives. We must all write well and to do so we must practice reading and writing. In ENC 1102, you will get hands on practice in reading and writing well so that you can become a full participant in today’s world. This course promises to be an exciting and writing intensive journey into the written word.


Course Description
Composition II is designed to further develop a student’s composition skills by building on the rhetorical modes/strategies learned in ENC 1101. The course requires students to observe the conventions of Standard American English and create documented essays, demonstrating the student’s ability to think critically and write analytically. Selected readings supplement the course and provide topics for discussion and written assignments. Students use library research methods for primary and secondary sources to produce MLA style-documented and well argued essays and research paper. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule. Students must pass either ENC 1102 or ENC 2210 to fulfill Area l general education requirements for the A.A. degree.

Methods of Instruction

This is a 3 credit hour course that meets fully online for 6 weeks.  Students are expected to participate in the course for several hours each week. The course consists of weekly readings from the texts and online, discussion questions covering the readings, quizzes, short response papers, group collaboration, and research papers. Students are responsible for regularly reviewing the course schedule which outlines the assignments and due dates.



Learning Outcomes

1. Students shall create clearly organized, thoroughly developed essays which sustain a focus on a central idea while producing a well-supported interpretation of the unit’s assigned reading(s).  
2. Students shall create analytical essays through the synthesis of selected readings and their potential interpretations.
3. Students shall write and sustain an argument in a critical, argument-based research paper which follows current MLA guidelines.  Students will employ a balance of direct quotation and paraphrases from a variety of primary and secondary sources, culminating in an argument-based research paper.

Required Course Materials

• A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker (ISBN-13 978-0-312-59870-9 OR ISBN-10 0-312-59870-X) -- This is a book for you to utilize throughout your college career in future courses like literature courses, sociology courses, psychology courses, etc.
• Literature for Composition: Essays, Stories, Poems, and Plays by Sylvan Barnet, William E. Cain, and William Burto (ISBN-13: 978-0-205-74359-9 or ISBN-10: 0-205-74359-5)

***You may purchase the above textbooks from Broward College’s bookstore on the North Campus, in the Distance Learning section.  Please purchase your books well in advance of the starting date of class.  Not having your textbooks is not an excuse for not completing the work.***


If you have any questions about this course, please feel free to email me at kparker@broward.edu .