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2017-2018 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ALC 100 - American Language & Cultures

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Introduction to writing, analysis, and survey of academic subject areas with attention to academic discourse styles and vocabulary. The course cultivates skills to support the academic experience of international students enrolled in American university classes. Special attention is gives to cross-disciplinary research, collaboration, the writing process, content organization and presentation development, editing and proofreading, listening and speaking. The course is designed to enhance students’ lingusistic repertoires, valuing communicative competencies that enable full participation with peers
Exclude Credit