ING 201 - English III A

Course Objectives

When students have successfully completed this course, they will have greatly enhanced English writing and research skills and will also have a professional document, a final paper, which is a valuable credential for further academic or professional work.English 201 is a course designed to utilize the writing and grammar skills learned in prerequisite 100 level courses and to teach the organizational and critical thinking skills necessary for logical written expression. The end product of the course is a correctly-documented research paper based on at least 5 sources of information and written on a subject relevant to students’ particular faculties.

Course Description

The course teaches skills including library research, choice of topic, construction and defense of a thesis statement, citing sources, outlining, organizing a “References” page and note taking. Critical elements of the course are instruction in paraphrasing and summarizing techniques, use of quotations and the avoidance of plagiarism.