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English

Writing Program: Courses

Admission into all Writing Courses at LaGuardia Community College is based on placement examination scores. For more information, visit our testing page.

Students who require additional help with writing will be placed into one of three Basic Writing Courses: ENG 098, ENA/G 099, or ENZ 099. Students who have satisfactorily met the requirements for college-level writing will begin the Writing Program in English 101.

ENG098: Introduction to Basic Writing
0 credits; 5 hours (4 lecture, 1 lab)Prerequisite: Admission to this course is based on placement. New students only.
This course is designed to improve students' fluency in writing through personal experience narratives. The focus is on the development of an idea in a short paragraph. The course introduces the student to essential principles of grammar and sentence structure. Students receive personalized instruction in the classroom and in the Writing Center.
ENG099: Basic Writing I
0 credit; 5 hours (4 lecture, 1 lab)Prerequisite: ESL/ESR 099
Basic Writing I is designed to introduce and develop college level writing proficiency through careful attention to the writing process. Emphasizing both the writing process and skills needed for timed and high stakes essays, such as the CUNY ACT, this course will prepare students for college level writing. Students will learn to employ argument in the short essay form to clearly express ideas in support of a position written in edited U.S. English.

Please see the Introduction to English 099 Sheet [pdf document] for important information related to this course.

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ENA099: Basic Writing I
0 credits; 7 hours (6 lecture, 1 lab)
Basic Writing I is designed to introduce and develop college level writing proficiency through careful attention to the writing process. Emphasizing both the writing process and skills needed for timed and high stakes essays, such as the CUNY ACT, this course will prepare students for college level writing. Students will learn to employ argument in the short essay form to clearly express ideas in support of a position written in edited U.S. English.
Prerequisite: ESL/ESR 099

Please see the Introduction to English 099 Sheet [pdf document] for important information related to this course.

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ENZ099: Basic Writing II-ACT Preparation Workshop
0 credits; 4 hours
Basic Writing II is designed to reinforce writing skills acquired in ENA/G 099 for students who have passed Basic Writing I but who have not yet passed the writing portion of the CUNY ACT Writing Test. The course provides concentrated test-taking strategies and practice necessary for writing argument essays under time constraints. The course also acts, by reinforcement and enhancement of essay writing, as additional preparation for ENG 101: Composition I.
Prerequisites: ENA/ENG 099

Please see the Introduction to ENZ 099 (ACT-Prep Writing Workshop) [pdf document] for important information related to this course.

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ENG101: Composition I-An Introduction to Expository Writing
3 credits; 4 hours
In this course, students focus on the process of writing clear, correct and effective expository essays in response to materials drawn from culturally diverse sources. Emphasis is placed on using various methods of organization appropriate to the writer's purpose and audience. Students are introduced to argumentation, fundamental research methods and documentation procedures. Students write frequently both in and out of class. Admission to this course is based on college placement test scores.
Prerequisite: CSE095/099 if required, ENA/ENG/ESA099 if required, exemption or Pass on the ACT Writing and Reading Tests.

Please see the Introduction to English 101 Sheet [pdf document] for important information related to this course.

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ENC101: Composition I-An Introduction to Expository Writing
3 credits; 4 hours
In this course students focus on the process of writing clear, correct and effective expository essays in response to materials drawn from culturally diverse sources. A minimum of one contact hour per week contains curriculum designed to improve basic skills deficiencies in writing by reinforcing grammatical concepts. Emphasis is placed on using various methods of organization appropriate to the writer's purpose and audience. Students are introduced to argumentation, fundamental research methods and documentation procedures. Students write frequently both in and out of class. Admission to this course is based on college placement test scores.
Open to new students only.

Please see the Introduction to English 101 Sheet [pdf document] for important information related to this course.

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ENG102: Composition II-Writing through Literature
3 credits; 3 hours
This course is a continuation of English 101. Students will reinforce and extend their abilities to write correct, well-organized essays using various rhetorical strategies and stylistic techniques. Poetry and at least one other literary genre from among fiction, drama and the nonfiction essay will be studied. Students will be introduced to a variety of writing strategies used in composing interpretive and analytical essays. Writing assignments will include a critical research paper.
Prerequisite: ENG101

Please see the Introduction to English 102 Sheet [pdf document] for important information related to this course.

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ENG103: Preparing and Writing the Research Paper
2 credits; 2 hours
This course takes up the skills needed to prepare and write a formal research paper. The students learn and practice the skills involved in research reports for such major disciplines as the social sciences, humanities, human services, and English. These include: choosing and appropriate topic and limiting its focus; using library reference materials; outlining and taking notes; using quotations and paraphrases; preparing footnotes and bibliography; and, finally, incorporating these skills in the development of a typed manuscript.
Prerequisite: ENG101

Please see the Introduction to English 103 Sheet [pdf document] for important information related to this course.

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