ELIC 140 - Advanced Academic Reading and Composition

    Recent Professors
    Zohra Saeed Samadi, Gilda Ekhtiar
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, 2027MSP
    Class Size
    30 students
    Difficulty
    4.9Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    7
    Prerequisite
    ELIC 30 OR ELIC 931 AND ELIC 32 OR ELIC 932
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ELIC 140
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Development of active critical reading strategies as applied to authentic works of philosophical, historical, literary, and cultural importance for the purpose of helping students understand the human condition and their role as engaged residents and citizens in the United States. Development of composition skills incorporating analysis, interpretation, argumentation, summary and paraphrase of text, use of multiple attributed outside sources, academic vocabulary, and self-editing strategies as a means of empowering student voice. Focus is on the development of writing through multiple-draft expository summary/response and argumentative compositions relying on a synthesis of multiple outside sources of approximately 1,200-1,500 words (4 pages) each (not including Works Cited pages). Academic linguistic proficiency shall be achieved in the context of deeper cultural literacy.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 11:10am–1:45pm