Request for Core Course

Course Title: English Composition 1 Course Designation: ENG 101

Section I This course satisfies at least 2, including information literacy, core competencies. Please check all that apply.
Communication Skills Analytic Skills Quantitative skills Computer fluency Information Literacy (required) Intellectual Heritage Aesthetic Sensibility and the Arts Physical and Life Sciences Behavioral and Social Sciences Exercise and Health Sciences Civic Responsibility Sensitivity to Global Perspective and Cultural and Social Diversity Ethical Reasoning and Behavior X

Section II The course meets selected elements as indicated in the following clusters:
The intent of this course is to meet which of the following categories: (Mark all that apply) Skills (Goals 1-5) Knowledge (Goals 6-10) Values (Goals 11-13) Does this course address information literacy in a manner appropriate to the discipline being studied? (This is a required element.) The course is a 100-college level course Select the one element that best describes your course: The course is general, i.e not focused upon majors or academic and vocational specializations. Its object is common learning, based upon those realities which prepare the student for the 21st century. This is a program specific course which is focused on providing competencies to a specific student population for core application. X

Yes Yes

Yes No

The following elements are strongly recommended: Does this course increase a students consciousness of the important social and ethical concerns of the day? Does this course provide tools which prepare students for life in the 21st century as a global citizen? Does this course increase a students ability to meet current needs without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet needs? Does this course provide a forum for students to learn to apply instructional, classroom theory to community service opportunities? Does this course promote the utilization of current technologies? Yes Yes No No No

Please answer the following: What benefit is there to the student by obtaining competency through this course? ENG 101 provides a basic understanding of engaging with the written word as a writer and reader. These skills allow students to glean information from any subject and respond through writing to this information, making them active participants in civil and professional discourse.

Section III The course addresses and supports the goals and outcomes of MCCC . With the exception of Goal 1, core courses must meet all of the outcomes listed under each core goal.
Please include the current ACT 335, a course syllabus and copies of directions for any assignments identified within this request. Within the applicable section please identify each outcome and provide supporting documentation, including specific examples of how the students are able to meet the outcome for the identified outcome: Example for goal 4: Students must participate in weekly discussion forums within the course Blackboard site (4-4) Skills: Academic skills prepare students for lifelong learning in a variety of instructional modes. Goal 1: Communication Skills (skills) Must meet at least 2 and preferably 3 outcomes Use writing, speaking, reading, listening, and observational skills to understand, organize, receive and convey information. 1-1. Write and/or speak coherently. 1-2. Organize and articulate ideas for various audiences and purposes. 1-3. Critically evaluate information from written, oral, graphic and mass media communications. 1-4. Use proper syntax, grammar, punctuation, and manuscript style. Supporting Documentation for selection: Students produce multiple papers that demonstrate coherent writing (11), strong organization (1-2), critical evaluation of source texts (1-3), and the use of proper syntax, grammar, punctuation, and manuscript style (1-4).

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Goal 5: Information Literacy (skills) Locate, evaluate, and use information from diverse sources. 5-1. Determine the nature and extent of information required for research. 5-2. Formulate a search strategy to access the appropriate information effectively and efficiently. 5-3. Locate and critically evaluate information from written, oral, graphic or symbolic and mass media communications. 5-4. Access and use information ethically and legally, employing the appropriate format and documentation to acknowledge sources. Supporting Documentation for selection: Students must select effective quotations from course readings to support arguments in papers (5-1, 5-2). Papers must demonstrate critical engagement with course readings in order to produce an effective argument (5-3). Students must demonstrate proper documentation techniques with respect to source materials in papers (5-4). Students must employ basic research strategies (5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4).

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Section IV The course learning outcomes include outcomes related to the identified core competencies. List applicable learning outcomes from course syllabus.
Core Competency Goal 1 Communication Learning Outcome Develop coherent and persuasive essays that present carefully developed and wellsupported theses Evaluate a writing task for purpose, audience, context, and point of view Use formal, standard usage, grammar, and punctuation Read Critically Learning Activity (s) Papers Sample Assessment Technique (s) Rubric assessment of paper

Goal 1 Communication Goal 1 Communication

Papers in response to a specific writing prompt Edit drafts for final paper submission

Rubric assessment of paper Rubric assessment of paper

Goal 1 Communication, Goal 5 Information Literacy Goal 5 Information Literacy Goal 5 Information Literacy

Use properly documented quotations from course readings to support paper argument Use two appropriate outside sources to support paper argument Use properly documented quotations from course readings

Rubric assessment of paper

Locate and use outside information sources with basic proficiency Cite the work of others using a standard model of documentation

Rubric assessment of paper Rubric assessment of paper

Goal 5 Information Literacy

Adopt ethical writing standards

Use properly documented quotations from course readings

Rubric assessment of paper

Section V Is the course transferable, as a general education course, to the colleges and universities with which Montgomery County Community College has agreements? (All College Curriculum Committee requires notation on 3 schools. Rather than a check mark, please be as specific as possible. A guide to information on transferability can be found on the shared drives(S) and (T) and at the end of this document.)
Institution General Education Transfer Area into which the course transfers Direct Course Equivalent ENG 0802: Analytical Reading and Writing WRT 120: Effective Writing 1

Temple University West Chester University Gwynedd-Mercy College Albright College Drexel University Kutztown University Penn State University Arcadia University Other: Millersville University of Pennsylvania

ENG 022: Introduction to College Composition ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition ENGL 110: English Composition

Contact person and extension for any questions the committee might have. Thank you.

FOR COMMITTEE USE ONLY Course Meets Required Criteria Recommendation to Approve Rationale:

Yes Yes

Goal 1 - Agree with Outcome 1-1, 1-3 and 1-4. As for Outcome 1-2, in order to meet the outcome, there needs to be a consistent mechanism among all sections to identify various audiences. The committee understands that in some sections, scenarios describing different audiences are used to meet the component of addressing various audiences. If all sections provide this or a similar mechanism the committee would agree with Outcome 1-2 as well. Goal 5 - Agreed

A recommendation to approve from this committee is an approval for the course to progress to the Montgomery County Community College All-College Curriculum Committee. A recommendation from this committee is only in an advisory capacity and does not ensure approval of the course at the Montgomery County Community College All-College Curriculum Committee. A request for a modified course that includes the new outcomes will be required for All-College Curriculum. For all Curriculum Committee Forms, faculty please go to the Curriculum Committee folder located on the (T:) drive, and administrators and staff please go to the Curriculum Committee folder located on the Shared (S:) drive.

Committee Members: Mark Amdahl Joan Bettinger Jerry Coleman Debbie Dalrymple Marie Hartlein Georgette Howell Carol Liebscher Mary Beth Parkinson Sam Wallace
This form was adapted from the Bergen Community College Certification of the General Education Status of a BCC Course, Course Evaluation Form with permission.