2020-2021 Catalog

COM-090 Paragraph and Essay Writing

Understand and write basic paragraphs and short essays. Covers developing topic sentences and thesis statements, ordering ideas and achieving coherence in paragraphs, incorporating paragraphs into essays, and utilizing grammatical control. Credit hours for the course can be applied to full- or part-time student status but will not count toward graduation credits unless specified in your certificate or degree program. This course may be taken up to three times to accomplish a grade of "C" to satisfy requirements for the next course in the sequence. (3 contact hours)

Credits

3

Prerequisite

COM-085 with minimum grade of "C" or appropriate placement test score

Department

Developmental Education