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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.
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.
Devon Fulford is a writer and English instructor at Colorado State University. Her poetry chapbook, southern atheist: oh, honey is forthcoming from Cathexis Northwest Press in the summer of 2021. Devon has masters degrees in both creative writing (MACW) and education (MA) and is currently working toward completing her Doctor of Education in transformative leadership (expected completion May 2022). Her research interests include cultivating empathy via diverse English curriculum and utilizing writing as a tool of leadership and change with populations of both college students and inmates at a federal penal institution.
lindsay.brookshier@colostate.edu
Lindsay Brookshier is a senior English Instructor and Upper-Division Composition Administrator at Colorado State University. She primarily teaches composition courses like College Composition and Writing Arguments. Her research interests include online learning and design and inclusion in the composition classroom. In her spare time, she works as a content director and writer for a Disney Parks travel website.