DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES - Writing and Reading Courses for Fall 2008

All Reading and Writing courses are five-week hybrid courses.  Each course is a one-credit-hour course that meets once per week for eighty minutes.  If courses are taken individually, they should be completed in numerical order.  Each course can only be charged to Financial Aid once per semester.  Repeats within a semester will be at the financial expense of the student.

DSPW0801- Punctuation and Mechanics: This course addresses common usage errors in writing.  Depending upon individual assessment, students will complete modules which review rules for punctuation, abbreviations, numbers, italics, capitalization, and spelling.  The course of study includes both lecture and on-line instruction. 

DSPW0802 – Grammar and Usage: This course is designed to assist students with the basic principles and understanding of English grammar and language including parts of speech, semantics, syntax, and morphology. The course of study includes both lecture and on-line instruction

DSPW0803 - Paragraph Writing: This course focuses on unity, coherence, and development in writing paragraphs with attention to the writing process and rhetorical strategies.

DSPW0804 - Introduction to Essay Writing: This course focuses on thesis, organization and development in writing expository essays with attention to the writing process.  Designed to prepare students for successful essay writing in Composition I. Prerequisites: Placement or DSPW0803.

DSPR0801 – Vocabulary: This module concentrates on vocabulary development utilizing context and word structure clues. The module also includes interpreting figurative language. On-line exercises supplement classroom instruction.

DSPR0802 – Comprehension: This module focuses on the following reading skills: identifying topic, main idea and supporting details; patterns of organization; transitions; and reading rate. On-line exercises supplement classroom instruction.

DSPR0803 – Advanced Comprehension: Major topics include:  logical inferences, fact and opinion, author’s purpose and tone, argument and reading in the content areas. On-line exercises will supplement classroom instruction. Prerequisites: Placement or DSPR0802.

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