Research and Writing (CLA201)

Students will polish their college-level writing skills. They will also learn how to write a research paper that conforms to PHC expectations, complete with proper source citations. The major project is the writing of a short research paper that demonstrates a student’s mastery of all of the elements of the process. This course is a prerequisite for all courses beyond the first semester of the freshman year.  

Credits: 1

Prerequisite(s): Full admission as a degree-seeking student, full admission into the Campus @ Home program, or completion of CLA103 with the minimum grade of ‘C’. At the discretion of the College, conditionally admitted and provisionally admitted degree-seeking students may be required to complete CLA103 as a prerequisite for CLA201.

Additional Details

CLA201 is designed specifically for students who will be coming to PHC's Purcellville campus as degree-seeking students or who are already pursuing a PHC degree on campus. The course teaches students the format-and-style guidelines observed at the College, while also introducing them to the resources available in the College's library. It is not a freshman composition course; its focus is not on grammar, punctuation, syntax, and paragraph development. PHC offers CLA103 as a full three-credit college-level writing course.