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CO 150 is CSU’s all-university requirement in writing. This course has a long history at CSU, as it was first offered in the Fall of 1979, and has always incorporated a research paper as one of its major assignments. CO 150 prepares writers for the types of writing situations they are likely to encounter in college: academic writing (including narrative, summary, response, synthesis, analysis, and argument), source evaluation, and source-based writing.
This course meets the All-University Core Curriculum (AUCC) requirements for Intermediate Writing (Category 1A) and is approved under gtPathways in the content area of Intermediate Writing (GT-CO2).
SAT verbal/critical reading score of 600 or above, or ACT COMPOSITE score of 26 or above, or completion of the Directed Self-Placement Survey, or Composition Placement Essay (score of 3, 4, or 5), or CO 130 (Academic Writing)
Compliance for meeting the course prerequisite will be checked.
Please check the CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.
Leslie Davis is a senior instructor in the English Department, teaching first-year and upper division composition. She has conducted research in teaching English and second language writing. She is especially interested in digital rhetoric, argument, and writing in foreign languages. Additionally, she works as the Associate Director for the CSU Writing Center.
Cookie Egret teaches writing and also specializes in the social study of science and technology, as well as DEISJ issues.
