ENG 1121 Spring 2026

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ENG 1121 Spring 2026
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Professor(s)
Jody R. Rosen
Department
English
Course Code
1121
Semester / Year
Spring 2026
Course Description

ENG 1121 is an advanced course in expository essay writing that includes a required library paper. This course further develops research and documentation skills (MLA style). Demanding literary and expository readings are assigned for classroom discussion and as a basis for essay writing.

A focus on using rhetorical analysis and audience awareness todevelop reading, writing, and researh skills for use both in and out of academia. Build upon skills learned in ENG 1101 to develop fluency for composing in contemporary environments through practice and revision of project-based assignments.

Course avatar and sidebar image from “Pow Wow Hawaii – Marko Livingston Graffiti Mural” by Anthony Quintano via Flickr under the license CC BY 2.0.

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Monday 1/26: Class via Zoom!
Posted by: Jody R. Rosen
Posted on: January 25, 2026 at 3:17 pm

All in-person CUNY classes have been shifted to online synchronous classes for Monday, 1/26, because of the weather.

For us, that means that we'll meet for the first time via Zoom. Please join us at our regularly scheduled time of 11:30am-12:45pm. I ask that unless it's an impossibility, please have your camera and microphone ready, so that we can hear and see each other at least just… See More

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