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Spring 2018  |  ENGL 3027W Section 001: The Essay (50471)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 03/04/2018
Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Peik Hall 335
 
03/05/2018 - 03/09/2018
Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nolte Ctr for Continuing Educ 20
 
03/10/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Peik Hall 335
Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Incorporating narrative, descriptive, analytical, and persuasive techniques into writing on general topics. Effective argumentation through critical reading. Use of library resources. Awareness of context/audience.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mbharris+ENGL3027W+Spring2018
Class Description:
This is a course for students ready to face more challenging assignments and deepen their comfort and skill with writing. The instructor helps the student develop more sophisticated research strategies and experiment with more creative stylistic choices. Assignments might include autobiographies, critical comparisons, reviews of articles or books, cultural analyses, persuasive essays, and annotated bibliographies. Students in this course learn to 1) generate topics and develop essays with greater independence than they exercised in freshman composition 2) write for multiple audiences - academic and non-academic - making appropriate decisions about content, rhetoric, structure, vocabulary, style, and format, 3) write creative non-fiction and other genres incorporating complex description and analysis, 4) analyze the conventions and styles of writing in their major field, and 5) experiment with new and more sophisticated writing strategies and styles.
Grading:
Assignments will include a textual analysis essay, in which you will offer a rigorous and original discussion of essays written by somebody else; an argumentative essay, in which you will develop and sustain an argument on a topic of your choice; and several other shorter and medium length essays. You will also have the opportunity to revise some of your work.
Class Format:
Class activities will include discussion of the readings, peer-review exercises, and writing workshops.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50471/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 September 2017

Spring 2018  |  ENGL 3027W Section 002: The Essay (50472)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 335
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Incorporating narrative, descriptive, analytical, and persuasive techniques into writing on general topics. Effective argumentation through critical reading. Use of library resources. Awareness of context/audience.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hholcomb+ENGL3027W+Spring2018
Class Description:

This is a course for students ready to face more challenging assignments and deepen their comfort and skill with writing. The instructor helps the student develop more sophisticated research strategies and experiment with more creative stylistic choices. Assignments might include autobiographies, critical comparisons, reviews of articles or books, cultural analyses, persuasive essays, and annotated bibliographies. Students in this course learn to 1) generate topics and develop essays with greater independence than they exercised in freshman composition 2) write for multiple audiences - academic and non-academic - making appropriate decisions about content, rhetoric, structure, vocabulary, style, and format, 3) write creative non-fiction and other genres incorporating complex description and analysis, 4) analyze the conventions and styles of writing in their major field, and 5) experiment with new and more sophisticated writing strategies and styles.

Grading:
Assignments will include a textual analysis essay, in which you will offer a rigorous and original discussion of essays written by somebody else; an argumentative essay, in which you will develop and sustain an argument on a topic of your choice; and several other shorter and medium length essays. You will also have the opportunity to revise some of your work.
Class Format:
Class activities will include discussion of the readings, peer-review exercises, and writing workshops.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50472/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 November 2017

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