Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25

ENG D150 - Developmental Writing Skills


Develops skills through attention to coherence, mechanics, syntax, and writing conventions. Does not satisfy Tier I or Arts and Sciences humanities requirement. (Nonnative speakers take D160.)

Requisites: ENG D150 placement or recommendation and WARNING: no course in ENG above 1500
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 0E
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Awareness of audience considerations and how these affect writing decisions.
  • Awareness of overall essay development strategies.
  • Awareness of paragraph development techniques and strategies.
  • Awareness of sentence grammar and resources for deriving grammar.
  • Awareness of tone elements and writing situations.


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