Course Catalog Information (24-25)
ESL 473
Introduction to the Essay
Course Description
The course introduces the principles and techniques of academic essay writing based on critical reading and thinking.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Write well-developed essays that analyze and synthesize main ideas and differing viewpoints from a variety of academic reading materials.
- Demonstrate advanced grammar, sentence structures and vocabulary in writing.
- Evaluate one's own writing for rhetorical structure and clarity by means of revision and editing.
Course Details
- Units
- 0 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Non-credit Class
- Transferability
- Not transferable
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Prerequisite(s)
- ESL 261 and ESL 265 or ESL 461 and ESL 465 with a grade of C or better; or a qualifying score on the English as a Second Language Placement Test
- Corequisite(s)
- Advisory(ies)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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