Summer 2017 - ENGL 199W E100
Introduction to University Writing (3)
Class Number: 1005
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 8 – Aug 4, 2017: Mon, 5:30–8:20 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Nadine Flagel
nflagel@sfu.ca
Office Hours: Mondays 4-5 and by appointment
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Prerequisites:
12 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An introduction to reading and writing in the academic disciplines. Students with credit for ENGL 199 may not take this course for further credit. Writing.
COURSE DETAILS:
Have you ever read an articulate and illuminating scholarly essay and despaired, wondering how you can become a better scholarly or professional writer? The ability to communicate effectively is not born but learned. In this course, you will learn how to dissect and construct those academic and professional registers of discourse through critical acts of reading and writing.
With engaged methods of reading, you will observe how often and how easily the acts of reading and writing overlap. We will read about important aspects of nonfictional prose, including genre, rhetoric, argument, evidence, documentation, and syntax. We will also identify and analyse those elements in a passage from academic essays. In the classroom, examples of popular music will provide a different way to understand this material.
While you learn to discern the systems behind scholarly and professional discourses, you will also recreate them by writing summaries, evaluations, and critiques. We will avail ourselves of the small group to build trust in and challenges for one another through such activities as group discussions and peer review. Everyone – including your instructor – needs a good editor, and we’ll learn those skills.
Students entering ENGL 199W should already have a high degree of fluency in the English language, and strong sentence-writing skills, as well as some experience writing essays. This course does not offer instruction in remedial English or English as a second language.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
A student who successfully completes the course will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Examine structure, logic, style, and evidence in texts
- Respond critically to, analyze, and interpret texts
- Discuss and debate writing, reading, and specific texts
- Utilize a university-level writing process employing pre-writing, drafting, and revising strategies
- Plan, analyze, revise, and edit writing in response to instructor and/or peer feedback
- Generate, organize, and synthesize ideas
- Apply principles of unity, coherence, and emphasis in academic writing
- Write essays responsive to audience, purpose, and occasion
- Observe the grammatical and stylistic conventions of Standard Written English
- Use appropriately documented textual evidence to support generalizations
- Integrate source material purposefully and effectively
- Use MLA or APA documentation as appropriate
Grading
- Participation and peer work 15%
- Documentation assignment 10%
- Summary (1 page) 10%
- Critical summary (2 pages) 20%
- Proposal for essay (1 page) 10%
- Final essay (4 pages) 25%
- Revisions 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Janet Giltrow et al, Academic Writing: An Introduction, 3rd ed., 2014; Broadview.
ISBN: 9781554811878
Department Undergraduate Notes:
IMPORTANT NOTE Re 300 and 400 level courses: 75% of spaces in 300 level English courses, and 100% of spaces in 400 level English courses, are reserved for declared English Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, and Honours students only, until open enrollment begins.
For all On-Campus Courses, please note the following:
- To receive credit for the course, students must complete all requirements.
- Tutorials/Seminars WILL be held the first week of classes.
- When choosing your schedule, remember to check "Show lab/tutorial sections" to see all Lecture/Seminar/Tutorial times required.
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS