University Of Maryland - Department of English.
Welcome to English 101 at the University of Maryland. “Academic writing” may sound like a course that introduces you to the kinds of writing expected of you throughout college, and in many ways, it is. However, as this course prepares you for the scholarly work necessary for your history, psychology, and biology courses, it also introduces you to a kind of writing and thinking that will.
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Acquiring and developing the fundamentals of English composition is a vital skill that can be used in a variety of settings and situations. Being able to competently compose an essay and organize a thesis is not only useful in academic environments, but is also useful for business and personal applications. Learning and practicing the basic components introduced in this course will assist.
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She previously worked as a lecturer in English and American Studies at the University of Virginia, where she received her PhD in English Literature in 2014. Her scholarship focuses on race, memory, folklore, and African American literature in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and she has published essays on works by Charles W. Chesnutt and Edgar Allan Poe.
An introduction to university-level writing. Students produce and revise multiple drafts of essays, practice essential skills of paragraph organization, and develop techniques of critical analysis and research. Readings from a wide range of texts in literature, the media, and academic disciplines. Assignments move from personal response papers.
WRTG Course Listing. Introduction to Writing (WRTG 101S, 3 Credits) (Fulfills the general education requirement in communications.) Practice in effective writing and clear thinking at all levels, including the sentence and paragraph, with emphasis on the essay and the integration of research into one's writing. An intensive review of grammar is provided. Focus is on organizing, developing, and.