English 1b (6 Weeks) Class
English 1B (Online): Critical Thinking and Writing
Prerequisite: English 1A or 1AH
This course develops critical thinking, reading, and writing skills through the formal study of argument
and literature. Composition totaling a minimum of 10,000 words serves to correlate writing with reading.
Classroom activities integrate with Writing and Reading Center activities. 72 hours lecture and 18 hours
laboratory. (Letter Grade Only)
Very Short Description of Class
Through a study of argument and literature, this course develops students’ critical thinking, reading, and writing
skills beyond the level achieved in 1A. Please note: this is an online course. A computer with Internet access
is required for this course. Please take a few minutes to review this page: https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/
Learn/9.1_SP_08/Student
In this course, you will be asked to read a variety of texts (critical essays, poems, stories, drama, films) and
asked to recognize and analyze their assumptions and assertions, explore their structures and genres, and to
thoughtfully and cogently discuss your analysis in both oral and written forms. Your success in the class will
depend primarily on two factors: carefully and diligently reading and thinking about the reading, and making
clear, reasoned, persuasive, and supported written arguments about what you have read.
Things That I Expect You Can Already Do
Before entering the course, students will be able to:
1. Read and analyze college-level texts with understanding and insight.
2. Compose developed, unified, coherent, stylistically fluent essays of 1000-3000+ words that
3. Gather, evaluate, and synthesize appropriate research into college-level research papers using the
4. Edit your work properly, to ensure for grammatical and mechanical correctness (never hesitate to
Student
Prerequisite: English 1A or 1AH
This course develops critical thinking, reading, and writing skills through the formal study of argument
and literature. Composition totaling a minimum of 10,000 words serves to correlate writing with reading.
Classroom activities integrate with Writing and Reading Center activities. 72 hours lecture and 18 hours
laboratory. (Letter Grade Only)
Very Short Description of Class
Through a study of argument and literature, this course develops students’ critical thinking, reading, and writing
skills beyond the level achieved in 1A. Please note: this is an online course. A computer with Internet access
is required for this course. Please take a few minutes to review this page: https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/
Learn/9.1_SP_08/Student
In this course, you will be asked to read a variety of texts (critical essays, poems, stories, drama, films) and
asked to recognize and analyze their assumptions and assertions, explore their structures and genres, and to
thoughtfully and cogently discuss your analysis in both oral and written forms. Your success in the class will
depend primarily on two factors: carefully and diligently reading and thinking about the reading, and making
clear, reasoned, persuasive, and supported written arguments about what you have read.
Things That I Expect You Can Already Do
Before entering the course, students will be able to:
1. Read and analyze college-level texts with understanding and insight.
2. Compose developed, unified, coherent, stylistically fluent essays of 1000-3000+ words that
3. Gather, evaluate, and synthesize appropriate research into college-level research papers using the
4. Edit your work properly, to ensure for grammatical and mechanical correctness (never hesitate to
Student