Fall 2016 Course Syllabi

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English 120: College Composition II
Fall 2016
Instructor: Damon Schneider
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Phone: 920-203-2452
“The boundaries of my language are the boundaries of my world.” ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Course Objectives:
Rhetorical Knowledge
Audience
 Understand and use formal academic tone with a clear understanding of audience and purpose
 Independently adapt a self-generated text’s content, form, and style to a particular writing task
defined by audience and purpose
Rhetorical Situation and Purpose
 Respond appropriately to different kinds of reading and writing situations
 Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to different kinds of reading and writing
situations
Form
 Articulate how disciplinary and generic conventions shape the form of a text
 Read and write different kinds of texts
Knowledge of Conventions
 Demonstrate a command of standard written English, academic writing conventions, and make
appropriate decisions about grammar, language usage, punctuation, word choice, and style
 Understand and avoid plagiarism or the appearance of plagiarism
 Cite research in an established documentation style
Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing, and Research
Thinking
 Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
 Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power
 Consider multiple perspectives and identify bias
 Understand and evaluate logical reasoning and evidence
Reading
 Understand data, its origins, and its inferences
 Identify the controlling idea of a text
 Grapple with and analyze complex, nuanced arguments and texts
 Paraphrase and summarize complex, sophisticated source material
 Analyze and evaluate the content, organization, and rhetorical appeals of an argument
Writing
 Identify, narrow, and develop a topic appropriate to an assignment
 Construct a logical, well-supported argument
 Identify, generate, and refute counterarguments
 Distinguish between “reporting on” or regurgitating information and taking a position and
supporting it using source material
 Synthesize and integrate source material
 Support a thesis using credible, appropriate, accurate, and sufficient source material
Research