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ENG 104

Introduction to Investigative Writing

Catalog2026-2027
Credits1 unit
LevelLower Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Students will explore rhetorical processes, emphasizing audience, purpose and occasion of writing. Students will learn how to adapt their writing in different genres for different audiences. (ENG 104 fulfills the ENG 102 requirement for students with an AP Literature and Composition exam score of 4 or 5 or an IB HL English Language A exam score of 5–7.)

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Enrollment limited to students with a score of 4–5 on the AP Literature & Composition exam
  • a score of 5–7 on either IB HL English Language A exam
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Enrollment limited to students with a score of 4–5 on the AP Literature & Composition exam or a score of 5–7 on either IB HL English Language A exam.

Units

Lecture1

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

Core

CO1, CO3

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • engage in critical reading and interpretations of a wide range of texts.
  • summarize, analyze, synthesize, evaluate, and apply what they read, both orally and in writing.
  • frame complex research questions or problems.
  • produce a coherent, well-supported argument that shows critical thinking about a student’s own or alternative viewpoints.
  • recognize, evaluate, and use a variety of information sources: expert people, publications of information agencies, popular and specialized periodicals, professional journals, books, and electronic resources.
  • conduct research that shows evidence of the ability to synthesize, use fairly, and credit the ideas of others using the appropriate citation style.
  • write coherently and observe the standards of academic English.