Recent SemestersSpring 2027, Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026Class Size25 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteENGL C1000 - Academic Reading and Writing Prerequisites: College-level composition (ENGL C1000/ ENGL C1000H/ ENGL C1000E/C-ID ENGL 100) or equivalent Minimum Grade: C Condition: or Qualification by Assessment Healthy/Safety: Additional: Outcomes Compose and revise source-based essays using a variety of rhetorical strategies appropriate for an academic audience. Critically read and respond to primarily non-fiction academic texts. Locate, evaluate, and interpret primary and secondary sources for academic writing. Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 1B · IGETC Area 1B · CSU GE Area A3DescriptionIn this course, students receive instruction in critical thinking for purposes of constructing, evaluating, and composing arguments in a variety of rhetorical forms, using primarily non-fiction texts, refining writing skills and research strategies developed in ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing (or C-ID ENGL 100) or similar first-year college writing course. This course offers instruction in argumentation and critical writing through analytical evaluation of primarily non-fiction texts. Key topics include the principles of rhetoric and critical thinking, research strategies, information literacy, and documentation. The course requires frequent writing assignments totaling a minimum of 5,000 words.Usually HeldMon Wed 12:10pm–1:35pm 