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This course is designed as a "zero-cost textbook"

 The purpose of the course is to introduce you to academic reading, writing, and research. Throughout the course of the semester, you will learn how to develop, research, plan, write, and revise a variety of academic writing projects from across the disciplines. 

College Writing I is centered around four major assignments, with smaller assignments each week to help you prepare to complete those assignments. Rubrics for all assignments are available to you on the Rubrics page. To help you with these assignments, you will receive feedback from me, your instructor, and your classmates throughout the semester, and you will be both required and encouraged to revise your formal work. As you work through the major assignments, you will also be shown how to find scholarly sources and how to use APA format (the American Psychological Association’s style for citing sources), you will be introduced to editing and proofreading strategies, and you will be asked to reflect upon and consider your writing process along the way. Ultimately, the course is designed to help you more fully understand your academic writing process, to provide you with strategies for writing stronger and more effective academic arguments, and to give you solid writing practices that you can apply to your other courses. 

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