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STUDENT LEARNING Outcomes

Program Goals for First-Year Writing

At the end of the two-course writing sequence in English Composition at the University of New Orleans, students should be able to

  • Practice the “habits of mind” essential to inquiry: asking questions, looking for answers, suspending judgement, engaging with different viewpoints, and reflecting on what they have learned.
  • Understand writing as a process that involves invention, drafting, evaluation, collaboration, and revision.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking when engaging with their own ideas and experiences and with those of others.

 

Course Outcomes for 1157

Upon completion of English 1157, students should be able to

  • Summarize, analyze, evaluate, attribute, and respond to different kinds of research including experiential, primary, and secondary sources.
  • Understand how purpose, audience, and context affect writing style, voice, and tone.
  • Produce focused, well-organized essays with clear points of view in multiple genres.  

 

Course Outcomes for 1158

Upon completion of English 1158, students should be able to

  • Use logical reasoning.
  • Effectively find, evaluate, interpret, integrate, and cite scholarly and popular texts utilizing MLA style.
  • Compose effective, sustained persuasive/argumentative research essays.
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