Introductory Composition
X2A (3 semester units in English)
In this course, you learn how to compose well-crafted college-level essays by exploring each step in the writing process. In various writing assignments, you will gain practice in writing descriptive, narrative, and other forms of expository writing.
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GARY TOMBLESON, Ph.D., is director and founder of a unique master of arts program in humanities and leadership at New College of California. His more than 35 years of teaching have included courses taught on ships at sea and in federal prisons, as well as night school courses for Chapman University and regular day courses at UC Berkeley.
- Online course: Internet access required
- Enroll anytime: You have 6 months to complete
- $685 (EDP 867648)
Proctored final exam
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Textbook(s) for this course:
A Writer's Reader
Author: Donald Hall and D. L. Emblen
Publisher: Longman
Edition: 9th
Publication Year: 2001
ISBN: 0321087488
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Civilization and Its Discontents
Author: Sigmund Freud
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Publication Year: 1961
ISBN: 0393301583
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Hodges' Harbrace Handbook
Author: Cheryl Glenn and Loretta Gray
Publisher: Wadsworth
Edition: 16th
Publication Year: 2006
ISBN: 1413010318
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary (or other collegiate dictionary)
Publisher: Random House
Publication Year: 2005
ISBN: 0375426000