Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionEnglish 099 is an introduction to college level reading and composition, designed to fulfill certificate requirements and a preparatory class for those students making progress toward the AA degree. The course introduces students to the situations of written communication, including writing for a college audience, choosing appropriate topics, assessing the purpose of writing, writing for varied occasions, and evaluating the strengths of the author. Beyond these global concerns, the course also emphasizes the grammar, punctuation, and mechanics associated with successful college level writing. As an introduction to college level writing, then, English 099 looks at writing as a process informed by both author and audience, requiring thoughtful consideration, time, and appropriate revision. This will require a good deal of reading across the curriculum of studies in the humanities and sciences, with excerpts being drawn from literature, philosophy, history, social studies, economics, anthropology, and the “hard” sciences. There is a minimum requirement of five thousand words, in which assignments are to illustrate the range of writing students will encounter in other college-level courses, and in the world at large. 