ENG-103 Composition II

Composition II builds upon the foundational skills of Composition I with a focused exploration of rhetoric and academic inquiry. Students engage in sustained, independent research and writing processes that emphasize critical thinking, analysis, genre awareness, and evidence-based reasoning. The course provides explicit instruction in locating, evaluating, and ethically integrating information from traditional and emerging sources—including artificial intelligence tools—to create well-reasoned, research-based arguments. Emphasis is placed on reading and composing a variety of texts that address real-world issues, promoting the transfer of writing, research, and information-literacy skills to academic, professional, and civic contexts.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG-101

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

• Humanities

Grading Scheme

• Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

• Yes

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

• Fall
• Spring
• Summer

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Rhetorical and Genre Knowledge- Read, analyze, and compose a variety of texts by evaluating and responding to purpose, audience, genre, and context across academic, professional, and civic situations; engaging in reasoned inquiry; and considering multiple viewpoints to participate constructively in civic discourse.
2. Critical Thinking and Information Literacy- Engage in reasoned inquiry by locating and evaluating information using tools appropriate to the rhetorical situation, with an awareness of authority, validity, bias, and origin; and synthesize and integrate that information ethically to develop well-supported arguments.
3. Composing and Research Processes- Employ flexible, recursive writing and research processes, including planning, drafting, revising, peer review, and reflection, to compose rhetorically effective and coherent texts for varied contexts.
4. Ethical and Transferable Communication Practices- Demonstrate command of conventions, documentation, and style, while showing an understanding of the ethical dimensions of information use, creation, and dissemination, including appropriate engagement with emerging technologies (such as artificial intelligence), and apply these practices to academic, professional, and civic contexts through informed, ethical advocacy, dissent, and dialogue.