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PROGRAMS / COURSE DESCRIPTION
This lab in the Writing Center is recommended for
students taking any writing-intensive course at VVC.
Emphasis is on the one-to-one tutorial approach,
computer-assisted instruction, and word composing/
processing.
ENGL 50 WRITING FUNDAMENTALS
Units: 4.0 - 64-72 hours lecture. (Prerequisite: ENGL 6
or eligibility as determined by VVC assessment.)
A practical writing course emphasizing expository
writing, including planning, organizing, composing short
essays, reading a variety of college preparatory texts,
and editing for punctuation, diction, usage and sentence
structure.
ENGL 50L LABORATORY-ENHANCED STUDY FOR
ENGLISH 50
Units: 1.0 - 64-72 hours lecture. (Prerequisite: ENGL 6
or eligibility as determined by VVC assessment.)
A Laboratory enhanced study concurrent with English
50 for students participating in the Student Support
Services program. A practical course supplementing the
process and function of expository writing, including a
review of spelling, punctuation, diction, usage, and
sentence structure.
ENGL 59 EFFECTIVE READING AND STUDY SKILLS
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture.
This course is designed for students reading just below
college level and preparing to take transfer level
courses. Assignments focus on comprehension,
analysis and evaluation of textbooks and other college
level reading materials. Emphasis is placed on reading
skills including study methods, vocabulary development
and critical thinking. The strategies apply to a wide
range of fields including drama, history , natural science
and psychology.
ENGL 61 TUTORING WRITING
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. (Prerequisite: ENGL
101.0 or ENGL H101 with a grade of ‘C’ or better) This
course may be taken four times.
This course will expose students to the theoretical
concepts and practical issues involved in tutoring
various levels of writing. Students will develop an
understanding of the issues and practices relevant to
the role of tutoring writing through observing, reading,
and discussing the relationship between the writer,
his/her writing, the tutor, the classroom teacher, and the
classroom environment.
ENGL 62 WRITING TUTOR WORKSHOP
Units: 1.0 - 16-18 hours lecture. (Prerequisite: ENGL
101 or ENGL H101 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.
Pass/No Pass)
This is an interactive course that analyzes the
techniques of tutoring writing. Students will examine the
role of writing tutors in one-on-one conferences, discuss
tutoring theory, and observe tutors in the Writing Center
and/or composition instructors in the classroom. Though
this class is meant to prepare students to tutor writing,
any student wishing to improve his/her writing skills will
benefit from this course.
ENGL 65 COLLEGE GRAMMAR
Units: 2.0 - 32-36 hours lecture. (Prerequisite: ENGL 6.
Grade Option)
This course provides intensive college-level work on
grammar, punctuation, and sentence mechanics.
ENGL 101.0 ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND
READING
Units: 4.0 - 64-72 hours lecture. CSU, UC (Prerequisite:
Completion of ENGL 50 with a grade of ‘C’ or better or
eligibility as determined by VVC assessment.)
This course is designed to develop skills in analytical
reading and expository writing. It will place particular
emphasis on the research process, including the
principles and methods of research and composing the
research paper.
ENGL H101 HONORS ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND
READING
Units: 4.0 - 64-72 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (Prerequisite:
Completion of ENGL 50 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.)
This course emphasizes the basic approaches to writing
that will be necessary in college: research, textual
analysis, critical applications and discussion of texts and
ideas. The class demands greater depth of research
and discussion, and emphasizes the seminar approach
to learning.
ENGL 102.0 COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC.
(Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101.0 or ENGL
H101 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.)
An introduction to the genres of literature including
short story, poetry, drama, and novel. Further training in
writing, especially about literature.
ENGLISH
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