English 2010
Spring 2013
Instructor: Heather Jorgensen, M.Ed.
Course Description:
English 2010 focuses on three related aspects of rhetoric and composition: public writing, writing from sources, and multimedia composition. In this course, we'll explore a number of different genres of writing common in academic contexts and in public writing situations. Through research, you'll inform yourself about ongoing public issues. You'll become an active participant in these public conversations through writing and designing a range of texts.
Expected Learning Outcomes
At the completion of English 2010, students should be able to:
1. Write in multiple genres.
2. Appropriately adapt strategies of argumentation for a given writing situation.
3. Appropriately adapt style and design for a given writing situation.
4. Approach reading and research critically and rhetorically, choosing appropriate research strategies for a particular writing task.
5. Conceive, draft, and revise many kinds of documents, and manage these processes independently.
6. Cite sources appropriately for the writing situation, including using an academic system of citation with a high degree of proficiency.
7. Understand and respond critically to a civic conversation and become a legitimate participant in that conversation.
8. Work collaboratively on writing tasks with other writers.
9. Edit their writing so that it contains a minimum of surface error.
