ENGL 080 — Integrated Academic Reading and
Writing: Advanced Level 4 cr. This is a n integrated reading, writing, and grammar course, which will provide students with advanced level skills that will prepare them for English Composition and other college -level courses. Students will strengthen their critical reading, writing, and research skills to read a variety of college -level texts and use them as models to write essays in multiple rhetorical modes, using the appropriate standards of documentation and the conventions of grammar and mechanics. The emphasis will be on learning how to read as writers, write as readers, and gain proficiency in advanced academic grammar through the processes of reading and writing. At the same time, the integration of reading, writing, and research will be built around a single theme, to maximize students’ understanding of the distinctions between different rhetorical modes and how they could be effectively combined in academic writing, thus laying a strong foundation for writing research papers at the college level. The credits earned in this course will not count toward a degree with SMCC. Prerequisite(s): ENGL-040 or appropriate placement. Corequisite(s): none