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.
• Use language that conveys meaning to readers with clarity.

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.
• Use language that conveys meaning to readers with clarity.