GW, 4 credits
This course should be taken as soon as possible--ideally in the first semester, but certainly in the first year.
Analytical Reading & Writing is intended to teach students how to:
- Organize ideas in a coherent and logical manner;
- Connect multiple texts through an issue or an idea;
- Identify authors' key arguments;
- Create and defend arguments of one's own; and
- Demonstrate correct grammar, syntax and acknowledgment of sources.
English 0802
Students explore a single theme from the point of multiple disciplines. Early in the semester, they work on research and
the evaluation of sources, moving through a sequence of papers that develop argumentation and the synthesis of materials.
Library research is required, and sessions with librarians are part of the course. Individual instructor-to-student and small
group conferences will be held several times during the semester. Students will be evaluated based on a final portfolio of
at least four assignments that are developed through multiple revisions.
English 0812
Designed to accommodate the needs of the ESL learner, this course follows the guidelines for ARW, developing the skills
of argumentation and synthesis, while embracing the cross-cultural implications both of what it means to do academic
work and also what it means to share historical and cultural knowledge. Students will be encouraged to speak in class,
to develop fluency and enhance their comfort with American academic settings. As with ARW, individual instructor-to-student
and small group conferences will be held several times during the semester. In session with students work on research
and the evaluation of sources.
