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Engl 200: Writing About Writing (The Problem Of The University), Flora De Tournay
Engl 200: Writing About Writing (The Problem Of The University), Flora De Tournay
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"The Problem of the University" is a (largely) open education syllabus that marries a criticality of/with the university as a site and space of knowledge making and knowledge suppression with a metacognitive writing approach for undergraduate students. The syllabus' contents include texts from bell hooks, Paolo Freire, Derrida, Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, among others.
Complete and updated syllabus available at https://waboutw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2800 (Great Works Of Literature I), Joseph Riccio
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2800 (Great Works Of Literature I), Joseph Riccio
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In this course, we’ll be exploring a wide range of texts from ancient, medieval, and early modern cultures; from oral and written literary traditions; in a variety of genres (epic, lyric, tales, and drama). We will trace the development of themes, ideas, and characters across time and space. Our conversations about these texts will be shaped loosely around the role of literature and storytelling in relation to empires and various formations of power. We will read each of these works in context, thinking about the cultures that produced them, and consider how they relate to our own present moment. And, …
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150t (Writing Ii), Cathryn Crosby Grundleger
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150t (Writing Ii), Cathryn Crosby Grundleger
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Writing II is an intensification of Writing I. This course encourages students to read, reflect on, write about, and synthesize ideas from a range of genres and literary forms. Students examine and learn how to employ different styles, various appropriate uses of evidence and counter-evidence, multiple methods of interpretations, close readings of texts, and, finally, literary-cultural contextualizations. As the course proceeds, students further develop competency in the use and evaluation of multiple external sources as they shape and express their own ideas and cast them into well organized, thoughtful, and persuasive argumentative essays. This course is required for all undergraduate …
Engl 130: Writing About Literature In English, Kimberley A. Garcia
Engl 130: Writing About Literature In English, Kimberley A. Garcia
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This Open and Free Educational Resource (OER) and Zero-Cost Syllabus outlines a set of course materials for English 130: Writing about Literature in English. The course materials provided (all open education resources) include both written and visual texts to accompany and encourage multimodal assignments. The materials provided address literary analysis or composition practices and are adaptable to specific topics or literary works. The course model presented consists of three units (literary analysis, rhetorical analysis & scholarly engagement, and independent research).
Engl 152w Readings In American Literature, Weiheng Sun
Engl 152w Readings In American Literature, Weiheng Sun
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No abstract provided.
Speed Dating Peer Review Activity, Gloria Gianoulis, Susan Rocco
Speed Dating Peer Review Activity, Gloria Gianoulis, Susan Rocco
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Peer Review of student writing in a fully online, synchronous learning environment can be challenging. By drawing on the principles of speed dating, this activity meets 3 goals for fostering student success: fosters student-student engagement, encourages student investment in peer review, and improves students' accountability for participation.
Low Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150 (Writing Ii), Maxine Krenzel
Low Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150 (Writing Ii), Maxine Krenzel
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Welcome to English 2150, a writing and reading intensive course that will introduce you to the practice and process of conducting original research. This class will walk you through the research process step-by-step, from drafting an initial research question, to reading and analyzing archival and secondary sources, and eventually mapping out your findings in a final research portfolio. You will learn over the course of the semester that the research process begins with simply asking a question that addresses a topic or issue that impacts you in some way; it is my hope that by the end of the semester, …
Writing For Engineers, Alexander J. Moser
Writing For Engineers, Alexander J. Moser
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No abstract provided.
Freshman Composition: Early College Initiative, Julianne Davidow
Freshman Composition: Early College Initiative, Julianne Davidow
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The purpose of this course is to provide further practice with a variety of genres that you’ll use throughout your college career and in your professional life. These genres include reflection, analysis, reporting, arguing, and self-assessment. While you likely had experience with these genres in your primary and secondary education, this class will provide you with an opportunity to expand and develop your range. In addition to exploring these genres, we will also develop our research practices to make use of City College’s virtual library.
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150 (Writing Ii), Elizabeth Mannion
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150 (Writing Ii), Elizabeth Mannion
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In this class, the second of a two-course sequence in the Pathways Required Core, we’ll explore how language and other meaning-making symbols reflect the Gramercy neighborhood, home to Baruch College, particularly during the Gilded Age (1870s-1914). We’ll read literature of the period by authors with ties to this neighborhood, and study the 1913 Armory Show (which was held across the street at the 69th Regiment Armory), which blurred, challenged, and disrupted the social lines of Gilded Age New York.
Eng 302 Playwriting Workshop, Hillary Miller
Eng 302 Playwriting Workshop, Hillary Miller
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Pedagogical materials created during Spring 2019 OER/Digital Literacy fellowship at Queens College, revising English 302: Playwriting Workshop.
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Lib 3065 (Research Methods And Resources For Writers), Christopher Tuthill
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Lib 3065 (Research Methods And Resources For Writers), Christopher Tuthill
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This course explores the theoretical and practical impact of information research on writing. Students develop proficiency in evaluating, identifying, and using relevant print and web sources to locate business, government, biographic, political, social and statistical information necessary for in-depth journalistic reportage and other forms of research and writing.
Annotated Bibliography Assignment For English 201, Elida Deklein
Annotated Bibliography Assignment For English 201, Elida Deklein
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This assignment will help students of English Composition II to construct an annotated bibliography as a precursor to a research paper.