English 105
* Course Goals: English 105, a four-credit-hour course, introduces students to critical reading and writing in the academic environment. Throughout the semester students practice the following academic skills:
1. Critical reading skills through close attention to text content & skills
needed to interpret the text effectively
2. Analytical writing skills through attention to the writing process and
to rhetorical techniques
3. Critical reading and analytical writing skills through an extended writing
project
4. Technological literacy skills to rhetorically analyze online resources
based on the audience addressed, the purpose explored, and the language used
English 205
* Course Goals: English 205 is a two-credit-hour course which focuses on
writing principles necessary for systematic inquiry into the forms and techniques
of academic writing standards. Students practice the following:
1. Advanced analytical thinking, reading, and writing skills
2. Advanced critical writing and argumentation skills
3. Advanced research skills
English 305
* Course Goals: English 305 explores the principles of writing found across disciplines where language is used to inform, instruct, persuade, or report to an audience. Students practice the following:
1. Advanced critical reading and analytical writing skills through close
attention to text content & skills from multiple disciplines.
2. To respond to writing expectations of the specific disciplines that students
come from.
3. Analysis of document design.
Writing Center
* Walk-in tutoring
* English 100
* Independent Study option
Computer Lab
* to increase technological literacy skills of English 105 students
* to provide open hours for all 105 students
Contact:
Barbara Hanks
phone: (928) 523-6842
fax: (928) 523-7074
email: Barbara.Hanks@nau.edu
Liberal Arts Building (18) room 303
Open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30, and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Please see the academic catalog for the most recent information regarding courses and academic plans.