Focuses on a study of literary genres and informational texts; students develop initial understanding of structure and meaning. Covers argumentative, informational/expository, and narrative writing.

Provides fundamental skills development in Reading Literary texts, Reading Informational texts, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language in a language lab setting.

Focuses on a study of world literature and informational texts; students develop an understanding of chronological context and relevance of period structures within world cultures.

An extension of fundamental skills development addressed in Basic Reading/Writing I, including drill and practice in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing.

Focuses on world literature and informational texts by and about people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Includes argumentative, expository, narrative, and analytical writing.

Enhances fundamental skills development addressed in Basic Reading/Writing I and II in an intensive small group environment.

Intensive study of representative works from various literary genres and periods, focusing on analysis, evaluation, and historical context.

Focuses on the study of American literature and informational texts, writing modes, and essential conventions for reading, writing, and speaking.

Focuses on the study of American literature and informational texts as a platform for argument. Emphasizes rhetorical contexts and prose analysis.

Detailed study of forensic speaking including extemporaneous speaking, oration, interpretation of literature, and debate.

Extension of Speech/Forensic I focusing on classical and contemporary theory and the philosophical basis of argumentative theory.

Introduction to journalistic writing through analysis of newspapers, yearbooks, literary magazines, and broadcast journalism.