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ENGL 3027W is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | ENGL 3027W Section 001: The Essay (20369)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog 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.
- Class Notes:
- This class poses a bit of a conundrum for me because I don't know why you are taking it. You may be here because you want to hone your academic skills, or you may be here because you want relief from such writing and are hoping to branch out. You may simply be here because you need a W credit and this one fit. I can't possibly design a class that will be all things to all students; what I can do is provide you with a bunch of writings that I think are interesting, both for content and style, and ask that you read for (and be prepared to discuss) both those things. I have grouped our readings and writings into four rather arbitrary units: childhood; travel; "the personal is the historical is the cultural is the personal;" and social commentary. Please note that this class does not have a meeting time or place listed; this is because it is an online course, held through Canvas. You will do all readings, participate in discussions, engage in exercises and peer reviews, and submit all essays through Canvas. You must have good online access to do the work successfully. Additionally you should anticipate that, although there is some flexibility to do things on your own time, many aspects of this class will have firm deadlines.
- Class Description:
- 0A
This class poses a bit of a conundrum for me because I don't know why you are taking it. You may be here because you want to hone your academic writing skills, or you may be here because you want relief from such writing and are hoping to branch out. You may simply be here because you need a W credit and this one fit. I can't possibly design a class that will be all things to all students; what I can do is provide you with a bunch of writings that I think are interesting, both for content and style, and ask that you read for (and be prepared to discuss) both those things. I have grouped our readings and writings into four rather arbitrary units: childhood; travel; "the personal is the historical is the cultural is the personal;" and social commentary.
Note: this section will be a mix of online work through Canvas and in-person work. Please see the "Class Format" section below for further information.
- Grading:
- You will write four papers, and for each one you will also participate in an extensive peer-review workshop process. I will also assign homework and in-class work based on the readings, and I expect you to participate in small-group and whole-class discussion. If you choose to take this class "S/N," please be aware that in order for your work to be considered "Satisfactory" you must complete all four papers. You cannot decide that you have enough points and not submit one.
- Class Format:
- Class activities will include discussion of the readings, peer-review exercises, and writing workshops. It will be a mix of online and in-person work; responses to and discussions of the readings will be arranged as activities on Canvas; peer reviews and writing workshops will be arranged face to face during the scheduled class time. I will have a preliminary schedule for you of when we will be working online and when we will need to meet during our scheduled class time, but I expect you to keep our class time as open as possible, even when we are working online. We will absolutely meet in person for at least the first two class periods.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20369/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 September 2018
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