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ENGL 1101: English
Effective date
May 2025
Department
UT Humanities
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
In this course, taken with Integrated Language Support 1 (ENGL 1001), students will read various fiction and non-fiction texts and learn how to identify key elements of those texts, such as main and supporting ideas, thematic intent, rhetorical patterns, figurative language, socio-cultural context, style, and tone. They will analyze and interpret these texts and present their ideas in coherent, well-supported and grammatically correct compositions. Additionally, students will develop and present in a seminar a set of stimulating discussion questions on a selected short story.
Credits
3.0
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
English Studies 12 with a 'C+', or equivalent, or active registration with the BCCNM.
Corequisites
ENGL 1001.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Paraphrase and summarize texts accurately
- Vary writing style through manipulation of sentence structures
- Write a summary of a critical essay
- Use academic and literary terminology appropriately
- Differentiate key principles of literary analysis
- Critically analyze and interpret various texts
- Compose an analytical essay supporting a thesis
- Demonstrate control over the stylistics and mechanics demanded in academic writing
- Conduct a seminar on a short story
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 60
Total Hours: 60
Total Hours: 60
Instructional Strategies
Lecture, student-led seminars, group-work and individual assignments
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
C
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
30 |
Proofreading and Editing (20), Summary and Paraphrasing (10) |
|
Midterm Exam |
20 |
|
|
Assignments |
20 |
Analytical essay (10) and assigned homework (10) |
|
Other |
10 |
Seminar presentation |
|
Final Exam |
20 |
|
Course topics
- Effective paraphrasing
- Summary writing and documentation
- Elements of fiction (plot, narration and point of view, characterization, setting, symbolism, figurative language, and theme)
- Analytical paragraph structures
- Quotations (choosing appropriate quotations for evidence, integrating quotations, and providing in-text citations)
- Analysis of quoted or paraphrased evidence
- Essay structure for a literary analysis essay (introductory paragraph with a thesis statement, body paragraphs, concluding paragraph, and documentation)
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.