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| Semester: | Spring 2025 |
| Number: | 0122-107-031 |
| Instructor: | Paul Shaw |
| Days: | Tuesday Thursday 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Related Syllabi: |
Jennifer Fleischner for
Spring 2011* Jennifer Fleischner for Spring 2016* Jennifer Fleischner for Fall 2016* |
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| Description: |
This introductory course in academic writing focuses on writing as a deliberative process. Students will learn to read critically, think analytically, imagine an audience, draft an argument using appropriate language and structure, and edit for clarity and correctness. |
| Learning Goals: |
By the end of English 107, you should understand that thoughtful and clear academic writing is the result of a deliberative process during which you read critically, think analytically, imagine an audience, draft an argument using appropriate language and structure, and edit for clarity and correctness. While engaged in this process you should expect to return to some of these activities, perhaps more than once. You may spend more or less time on any given activity as the assignment or rhetorical situation demands, but in English 107 you will have practiced strategies for each part of the process.The following list breaks down some of the more specific abilities and understandings possessed by the student who has successfully completed English 107.Generating IdeasBy the end of English 107, you should• have strategies for generating ideas • recognize the difference between engaging and banal ideas• use sources of information to further your own thinking • find, engage and integrate others’ ideas in your thinking• focus on a specific purpose• understand the relationship between thesis and evidence • strive for creative and complex arguments• take informed positions• understand the worth of seeking and using feedback on drafts to further your thinkingRhetorical StrategiesBy the end of English 107, you should• believe your ideas matter and write with conviction• communicate a specific point of view• recognize the particular formal demands of specific assignments and rhetorical situations • use diction, style, and tone appropriate for your audience• engage and integrate sources of evidence and others' ideas in your writing• understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it• strive for stylish, compelling and clear presentation • understand the worth of seeking and using feedback on drafts to improve clarity• have strategies for proofreading final drafts, including the use of grammar guidesFinally, you should leave English 107 aware of what you have learned and what you still need to work on. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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