ENC 1102H - Honors Composition II

Communications Department

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2015 (495)

Requisites

(Prerequisite ENC 1101 with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite appropriate score on the college placement test) or
Prerequisite ENC 1101H with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite IDS 1101H with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite IDS 1111H with a minimum grade of C or
Permission of the Program

Course Description

This course builds upon the skills developed in Honors Composition I. It provides the academically talented student further opportunity to learn to write effectively. It emphasizes writing papers of literary interpretation, using the library, finding and evaluating primary and secondary source material, and employing that material in formally documented research papers. Conferences for individualized instruction are provided. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements as outlined in the General Education Requirements. (Note: Credit is only given for ENC 1122H or ENC 1102.)

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will modify the expository prewriting techniques, organizational techniques, and essay writing techniques mastered in Honors Composition I to write papers of literary interpretation which reflect critical reading of selected pieces of literature and effective written explanation of the literary interpretation by:
    1. interpreting and analyzing objectively the plot, the major themes, the chief characteristics of the major characters, and the major literary devices (such as title, symbols, irony, foreshadowing)
    2. choosing and using expository prewriting techniques, organizational techniques, and essay writing techniques to write essays which explain his/her objective interpretations of selected pieces of literature, selecting and using appropriate evidence from the literature to support his/her interpretation.
  2. The student will modify the expository prewriting techniques, organizational techniques, and essay writing techniques mastered in Honors Composition I to write literary research papers which reflect objective selection, comprehension, evaluation, and use of primary and secondary source material by:
    1. using available library resources to locate primary and secondary source material relevant to a literary research topic.
    2. evaluating the usefulness of primary and secondary source material for the literary research project.
    3. selecting and using appropriate primary and secondary source material in a formally documented literary research paper which reflects appropriate prewriting techniques, organizational techniques, and essay writing techniques.
  3. The student will use the library effectively by:
    1. locating sources through the catalog or through electronic search.
    2. identifying sources, either print or electronic, through other types of references.
  4. The student will use information from sources by:
    1. taking notes from specified sources; identifying and paginating the notes correctly; using ellipses and brackets as needed and summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting and combining these types of notes effectively.
    2. writing papers which integrate the student's own words and ideas with those of primary and/or secondary sources.
    3. incorporating the parenthetical reference within the paper to credit information from a primary source.
    4. employing parenthetical references correctly to credit information from secondary sources.
    5. preparing a works cited list of the sources used in the research paper.
    6. selecting correct forms for parenthetical references, footnotes/endnotes and for works cited entries, according to the required form.
  5. The student will effectively and efficiently retrieve information from electronic sources by:
    1. selecting the most appropriate investigative methods.
    2. constructing and refining search strategies.
    3. locating information online or in person using a variety of strategies.
    4. extracting, recording, and managing the information and its sources.
  6. The student will evaluate sources including electronic sources by:
    1. summarizing the main idea extracted from the information.
    2. articulating and applying basic criteria for evaluating both the information and its sources.
    3. synthesizing main ideas to construct new concepts.
    4. comparing new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine the value added, contradictions, or other unique characteristics of the information.
    5. determining whether the new knowledge has an impact on the individual’s value system and taking steps to reconcile differences.

Criteria Performance Standard

Criteria for Evaluating Writing: The academically talented student will exhibit in his/her writing the characteristics of at least Level 6 in the CLAST Descriptions of Essay Ratings. The minimum level of satisfactory performance on assignments will be demonstrated by the student’s completion with an average of 70%.

History of Changes

Revised 8/9/83 Revised 8/84 Reviewed C&I 9/25/90 3 YR C&I Review 8/94 C&I 2/13/96; DBT 3/19/96 Effective Session 19961. C&I 6/5/96, DBT 6/18/96, Effective Session 19961. C&I 5/27/97; DBT 6/1/7/97, Effective Session 19971. SCNS chg Eff 20011 (I, 2001) H added to # eff 20022. C&I 9/9/03, BOT 10/23/03 Eff 20032. C&I 5/25/04, BOT 6/22/04, Effective 20041 (0340 PS). Removed # of words Gordon Rule per State mandate eff20061(0370). 3 Year Review 2007. Amended exclusion 10/28/09, eff 20091(0415).
C&I Approval: 05/16/2014, BOT Approval: 10/21/2014, Effective Term: Spring 2015 (495)

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