EN101 Composition
3.0 Credit Hours; Prerequisite: None
SCOPE: EN101 is a mandatory writing course for most cadets in the first
semester of their first year. Cadets develop their ability to compose
written text at the college level through writing workshops and by
conferencing with professors about the writing process. Essays and images on
American cultural themes make up much of the textual material for the
writing in this course. By marking particular features of American culture(s),
cadets can more readily make meaning of the variety of international texts
and genres they will encounter in EN102 Literature and in EN302 Advanced
Composition. EN101 introduces cadets to active, critical reading and begins
textual analysis. An analysis, persuasion, and argument paper rounds out a
course designed to emphasize understanding of rhetorical context, including
how audience and sender work together to create meaning out of a message.
LESSONS: 40 @ 55 min (2.5 Att/wk) LABS: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
EN102 Literature
3.0 Credit Hours; Prerequisite: EN101
SCOPE: EN102 is a mandatory course for cadets in the second semester of
their first year. Through the study of literature in various forms, cadets
develop an understanding of important cultural themes and cultivate a
respect for the beauty and the power of language. This course aims to
improve writing skills introduced in EN101 and to develop active-reading and
oral-communication abilities. A special version of this course in the
fall semester involves those first-year cadets who have validated EN101 by
means of an examination offered during Cadet Basic Training.
LESSONS: 40 @ 55 min (2.5 Att/wk) LABS: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
EN302 Advanced Composition
3.0 Credit
Hours; Prerequisite: PY201 and standing as a Second Classman only
SCOPE: This course refines basic writing skills, develops sophisticated
techniques of written expression, and establishes a critical editorial sense
with respect to the cadet's own composition and the writing of others.
Exemplary readings give substance to daily writing, while revision and
extensive counseling emphasize the requirement for restriction, unity,
precision, and organization. The course requires the achievement of
competence appropriate for a college graduate and necessary for an Army
officer.
LESSONS: 40 @ 55 min (2.5 Att/wk) LABS: None
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PY201 Philosophy
3.0 Credit
Hours; Prerequisite: EN102
SCOPE: This course helps Third Class cadets develop their capacities to
think clearly and critically. It acquaints cadets with various viewpoints on
major philosophic issues, assists them in acquiring a facility with the
language, arguments, and methods of moral discourse, and gives special
attention to
the subject of war and morality.
LESSONS: 40 @ 55 min (2.5 Att/wk) LABS: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: A few essays of moderate length.
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