This course enhances and further develops the skills necessary for effective academic writing. Students will learn how to develop ideas to guide their research and to think critically when finding and using sources to write well-documented academic papers. Students learn how to use ideas from sources as evidence in essays and longer research papers. This course addresses research strategies, audience analysis, and bibliographic style, as well as organizational skills for writing the well-constructed, researched, and written college paper. In order to fulfill the College Composition requirement, students must achieve a minimum grade of 2.0 in the designated College Composition course.