This first semester transfer-level composition course is designed to develop critical reading and writing skills for academic inquiry across disciplines. In this course, students will read, discuss, and analyze the choices authors make and the strategies they employ to influence how audiences think about the topics of a text. Students will be invited to explore culturally relevant texts representing diverse viewpoints. Based on analysis and evaluation of these texts, students will compose essays, documented research papers, and other types of writing for various purposes and audiences. This written work will demonstrate effective and logical expression of ideas, totaling at least 5000 words. (C-ID ENGL 100) (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-A1, CSU-A2, IGETC-1A)