Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20

ENG 2800 - Expository Writing and the Research Paper


Practice in library research, techniques of documentation, and writing research papers.

Requisites: ENG 1510 or 1610 or 151A or 152 or 153 or 153A or 153B
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: OTM Course: TME002 Second Writing Course
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
  • Compose original arguments.
  • Control writing style and grammar.
  • Develop written documents for specific rhetorical situations–formal, informal, academic, and workplace.
  • Document sources correctly and understand plagiarism.
  • Learn to search databases for appropriate sources and to evaluate the quality of those sources.
  • Summarize, analyze, and critique multiple sources.
  • Synthesize sources to produce coherent, thoughtful writing.


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