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ENGL 165 –  Comp, Argument & Crit Thinking (CRN: 42891) at  College of San Mateo for Spring 2025

College of San Mateo Website Day Class Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Class

ENGL 165 Composition, Argument, and Critical Thinking

This course is designed to introduce students to logical and rhetorical tools for analyzing, evaluating and mounting persuasive arguments. Students will write a minimum of six thousand words of finished prose, employing methods of logical analysis and demonstrating skill in critical thinking.

Units: 3
Degree Credit
Letter Grade Only
  • Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
  • TBA hours/semester: 16-18
  • Homework hours/semester: 80-90
Prerequisites: ENGL 100 or 105.
Corequisites: None
AA/AS Degree Requirements: Area E2b
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSU GE Area A3), UC (IGETC Area 1B)
C-ID: ENGL 105, ENGL 115

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Department: English

Number of Units: 3


Cohort Restriction:

  • PROM4 - Promise Scholars - CSM

IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Multiple measures, including high school transcripts, are now being used to help determine proper placement of students into English 100 and other English courses. This means that all students entering College of San Mateo may use their high school transcripts to determine their English course placement. The English Placement Test, which measures reading and writing ability, is recommended but not required of all entering freshmen to assist with placement. Students transferring to College of San Mateo with credit in college English can use their transcripts to assist with placement, bypassing the need for English placement testing. Students who feel that their high school or college transcripts do not reflect their current abilities may want to take the placement test.

The following English courses are credit bearing but not degree applicable, which means that the units count for the purpose of financial aid but not toward the AA/AS degree: 828, 850, 875.


Section
BX - Lecture and/or Discussion
Meeting Date: 01/14-05/15
Meeting Time: 9:45am-11:00am
Days: T, Th
Building: 16 Room: 0207
Instructor: Ronald Richardson
Critical Dates for this Course Date
Last day to add class January 27, 2025
Last day to drop with a refund January 27, 2025
Last day to drop without a "W" February 2, 2025
Last day to drop with a "W" April 23, 2025
Last day to change to Pass/No Pass Grading Option May 15, 2025
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