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  • Reading & Writing for College Students

    College Writing (3 credits)

    Instructors: Dr. Schuyler T. Pike & Dr. Gabriela Tijerina-Pike

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    Overview: This course provides college-level essay writing and research writing training rooted in critical and analytical reading. Degree-seeking students of Christian Leaders College should also enroll at the same time in College Writing Lab, a companion course to College Writing. 


    Course Objectives:

    1. Acquire strategies to read efficiently and identify a text's important ideas.
    2. Activate intellectual skills to understand and critically evaluate the assertions of a text.
    3. Develop basic writing strategies (research, planning, summarizing, organizing, avoiding plagiarism, referencing, and proofreading).
    4. Become proficient in key elements of essay writing (argument and discussion, cause and effect, definitions, style).
    5. Pursue economy of language (precision, clarity, conciseness, academic vocabulary, word choice).
    6. Learn to structure and develop an academic research paper (thesis development, evaluating sources, organizing, revising, and APA documentation).


    Textbook: Readings for this course are mainly from Writing for Success. This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


    Required Assignments:

    1. View all online lectures and read all articles on each topic. Active engagement with course materials prior to attempting the quiz is required for each unit. If a resource is provided in multiple formats, simply choose whichever format best supports your learning. CLI’s system tracks your viewing history to determine meaningful engagement. Make sure you are logged into your student account when viewing or downloading the materials.

    2. Take the two online quizzes for each unit. You will have 75 minutes to answer, on average, 20 multiple-choice questions for each quiz. The first quiz for each unit covers the reading from the textbook Writing for Success. The second quiz for each unit develops and tests your reading skills (units 1-6) or asks about the content of the videos (units 7-12). Once a quiz has started, you must finish it, and you cannot retake it. 

    Quizzes must be completed independently. The use of AI tools, search engines, other websites, or assistance from other individuals is prohibited.

    Quizzes are open-note. You may reference your own notes or any of the provided CLI course materials during the quiz. However, you should plan to study materials prior to attempting the quiz.

    Quiz Tip: First answer the questions you know. Then use your own notes or the provided CLI course materials to help answer any questions you are unsure about.

    3. If you are not a for-credit College student, you will complete this course without submitting any writing assignments. However, if you are enrolled for credit at the College, this course is designed to be taken at the same time as English 122: College Writing Lab (1 credit), in which you write and submit two essays and a final research paper. You should complete the first eight units of this course before writing and uploading your essays to the Writing Lab. You should complete all twelve units of this course before uploading your research paper to the Writing Lab.

    4. At the end of the course, you will be invited to complete a brief Course Feedback Survey. Your feedback helps CLI evaluate the course and identify opportunities for improvement.


    Course Forum

    Each course forum is located near the beginning of the course, immediately before the first course-content section. The forum allows students to post course-related questions and comments for other currently enrolled students to view and discuss. You can also search previous posts to see whether your question or topic has already been addressed. 

    The forum is intended primarily for peer discussion and may not receive an immediate response. Questions or concerns requiring timely assistance should be directed to the Help Desk at helpdesk@christianleaders.net.


    Grading Scale

    A  93-100%   A- 90-92%   B+ 87-89%   B  83-86%   B- 80-82%   C+ 77-79%   C  73-76%   C- 70-72%   D+ 67-69%   D  63-66%   D- 60-62%   F  0-59%

    Students' final grade is based on the average of all required quizzes and assignments. Each graded activity is weighted equally unless otherwise stated. The single lowest quiz score will be excluded from the overall grade.

    Your average for the course must be at least 60%. Otherwise, you will fail the class and will receive no credit.


    Deadline

    You have 180 days to finish the course. If you have not received a final grade for the course before your enrollment ends, you will be automatically unenrolled, you will receive an “Administrative Withdrawal” for the course on your transcript, and all coursework will be removed. You will have to start over and take the class again to receive credit.

    To avoid potential administrative delays or additional fees, please complete all assignments at least three weeks before your enrollment end date.

    If you believe you qualify for a two-week extension, as outlined in our Catalog policies, please contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@christianleaders.net as soon as possible, ideally at least three weeks before your enrollment end date.