FRESHMAN REGISTRATION AND FAMILY ORIENTATION

What do I need to know about taking English and Communications? (2010)

CST 110 (Communicating Effectively), ENG 110 (College Writing) and ENG 112 (College Writing I AP) are considered skills courses in the General Education curriculum. So it makes sense that, unless you have an English: Language and Composition AP score of 5 or transfer credit for these courses, you enroll in them your first year. After all, other courses will build on these skills. It is not recommended you complete both in one semester. You decide which one you want to take. Your advisor may have a recommendation only if one is more essential to your major than another. Otherwise, it’s your choice.

ACT/SAT scores and/or Wisconsin Placement scores will be used to determine your placement in English Writing. You won’t know your placement in English until you arrive at FR&FO. Students with low placement in English will be required to enroll in ENG 050 (Fundamentals of Composition). This course must be completed before you have earned 30 credits. It is only offered in the fall semester. Your advisor will help you figure out which English writing course you need. If you are required to take ENG 050, request it for your fall schedule. If you are not required to complete ENG 050, you should be thinking about whether you want to take English or Communications in your first semester.

ENGLISH (ENG) AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES (CST)

• Course offered fall 2010

Students must complete CST 110 and ENG 110 or ENG 112 prior to earning 60 credits

• CST 110 Cr. 3     Literacy

Communicating Effectively

This course introduces students to major topic areas in communication while encouraging them to become more competent and culturally sensitive communicators. Students will develop speaking, relational and listening skills as they are exposed to the communication areas of interpersonal, group/teams and public contexts. This course will help students become more effective and ethical communicators in a highly diverse society.

• ENG 050 Cr. 3 transcript*

Fundamentals of Composition

English 050 will facilitate fluency in writing. It will prepare students for the writing demands encountered in English 110 and other academic environments. To learn conventions of formal academic writing and to understand and employ effective writing processes and habits are the objectives of this course. Pass/Fail grading.

*  Transcript credit counts toward full-time status but does not count toward graduation.

• ENG 110 Cr. 3     Literacy

College Writing I

This course in composition addresses writing as a symbolic action that writers participate in for multiple purposes, with diverse audiences, and in various genres. It emphasizes writing as a thinking process through the learning and practice of rhetorical strategies for inquiry, persuasion, and collaboration in context. (Students who qualify with a grade of "C" or better in ENG 110 will be exempt from further writing requirements in the General Education skills category, but this does not exempt students from the writing emphasis course requirements. Students receiving a grade less than "C" must repeat Eng 110.) Prerequisite: ENG 050 or equivalent placement. Not open for credit for students with credit in ENG 112.

ENG 112 Cr. 3 Literacy

College Writing I AP

This course in composition addresses writing as symbolic action that writers participate in for multiple purposes, with diverse audiences, and in various genres. It emphasizes writing as a thinking process through the learning and practice of rhetorical strategies for inquiry, persuasion, and collaboration in context. Students will be challenged at a level appropriate to their placement. (Students who qualify with a grade of "C" or better in ENG 112 will be exempt from further writing requirements in the General Education Skills category, but this does not exempt students from the writing emphasis course requirement. Students earning a grade of "D" or "F" must repeat ENG 112. Prerequisites: a score of 3 or 4 on the AP Placement Tests or equivalent placement. Not open for credit for students with credit in ENG 110.