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Faris English112 Fall2012 Syllabus
Faris English112 Fall2012 Syllabus
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Instructor: Email: O ce: O ce Phone: O ce Hours: Skype: Google Talk: Professor Michael J. Faris farismj@uwec.edu Hibbard 412 715.836.2161 Tues. 12:00-1:00, Wed. 10:00-10:50, Fri. 1:00-1:50 & by appt. michaeljfaris michaeljfaris
Course Texts: e Blugold Guide: Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing. Custom ed. of Writing Matters: A Handbook for Writing and Research. Rebecca Moore Howard. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Print. ISBN: 978-0-07-770289-2. Rental. Various readings available on Lore.com. Course Description: Welcome to the Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing. is course is designed to ground rst-year students in the reading, writing, and rhetorical demands necessary for success in college and beyond. is class teaches students to be both critical readers of complex texts and critical writers of e ective texts. e key to critical reading and writing is rhetorical knowledge. Rhetoric is foundational for this course because it allows you, on the one hand, to understand how other peoples texts a ect readers and attempt persuasion, and on the other, to compose e ective and purposeful texts yourself. Rhetorical knowledge prepares you to participate in and respond to nearly any conceivable writing situation, whether it be another college course, certain professional demands, or personal needs. At its most basicbut most profoundlevel, writing is about making choices, and this course teaches you how to identify other writers choices and how to make your own across a variety of writing situations. Course eme (Digital Privacy): Each section of the Blugold Seminar focuses on a di erent theme, topic, or question. In this particular course, we will investigate digital privacy in order to explore the rhetorical dynamics of arguments around privacy in both popular and scholarly forums. In many ways, privacy functions as a rhetorical term: We argue about what privacy means, what is or should be private, how and why we should value privacy, what is an infringement on privacy, how we might protect privacy, what we should do if privacy is violated, and so forth. Developments over the last two decades in digital technologies have allowed for shifts in practices related to privacy online, including how Internet users share information with each other and services, how people monitor and track each other, how the government and corporations spy on individuals and groups, and more. We will read widely around issues of digital privacy including journal articles, books, blog posts, YouTube videos, opinion columns, documentaries, and movie reviewsin order to use this rich topic to better understand rhetoric and writing. General Policy Statement: Students are responsible for all materials, syllabus changes, and information presented in class. Absence is not an excuse for ignorance. Students are expected to check their UWEC email and Lore daily for announcements, assignments, etc. Students are also expected to notify the instructor prior to class if they will be absent. University Learning Outcomes: ENGL 110 (or 112) is a course required by the University, and as such, it coheres with the goals of an Eau Claire education, which include E ective Communication: Students will e ectively write, read, speak, and listen in academic and social contexts. Creative and Critical inking: Students will develop and use critical thinking skills in academic and social contexts. Individual and Social Responsibility: Students will develop skills and values for ethical reasoning. Respect for Diversity Among People: Students will develop knowledge for living in a pluralistic society and a globally interdependent world. Integrative Learning: Students will synthesize and transfer learning to new, complex situations within and beyond campus.
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Rhetorical Knowledge Students will be able to: Understand and use the concepts of purpose, audience and rhetorical situation in their writing; Understand and apply key rhetorical terms, including rhetorical situation, rhetor, exigence, audience, purpose, constraints, kairos, identi cation, situated ethos, invented ethos, pathos, logos, and visual rhetoric in their writing; Demonstrate rhetorical awareness pertaining to the conventions of Academic English by using appropriate tone, style, format and structure in their writing. Inquiry & Research Students will be able to: Demonstrate information literacy skills by nding and evaluating a variety of source materials; Demonstrate critical reading skills by summarizing, paraphrasing, analyzing, and synthesizing information from a variety of source materials in their writing; Formulate viable research questions, hypotheses, and conclusions; Understand the extent and nature of the sources needed to meet rhetorical goals within a speci c writing situation; Learn how to participate ethically and responsibly in the inquiry and research process. Writing Craft Students will be able to: Assess accurately the strengths and weaknesses of their own writing, and develop individual plans for revision and improvement; Understand and enact revision as substantive change; Identify and address higher-order concerns in their writing and others; Identify and address lower-order concerns in their writing and others. Digital Literacy Students will be able to: Use a variety of technology tools to collaborate, compose, and revise; Use a variety of digital and multimedia sources critically; Understand that images, sounds, and animationsin addition to wordsconstitute the building blocks of 21st century communication. Course Web Materials: In this course, we will be using the following web materials in order to share content, discuss ideas with each other online, and explore issues of privacy, digital technologies, and rhetoric: http://michaeljfaris.com/fall12/engl112 I will have all resources (including the syllabus, schedule, and assignment sheets) posted on this site. We will also be using this site to blog and share resources with each other during the second and third segments of the course. I will send you login information later in the term so that you can contribute content to the site. Lore Lore is a learning management system like D2L that incorporates features of social networking sites. We will be using this site to submit digital copies of your assignments, to share updates about the course, and to access readingsin addition to other possible activities. is site also houses a calendar and the syllabus. I will send you an invite to join the course on Lore. Twitter In order to explore privacy issues more in this course, we will be experimenting with Twitter during the second and third segments of this course. SharePoint We will submit our nal electronic portfolios here at the end of the term.
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Final Portfolio: In order to successfully complete this course, you will be required to submit a nal portfolio at the end of the semester. If you do not submit your electronic portfolio on time, you will automatically fail this course. e portfolio will include the following: Rhetorical Prcis and Summaries (Revised) Rhetorical Analysis Paper Exploring the Conversation Essay with Annotated Bibliography Final Project with Rationale Final Performance Assessment Essay Participation: Your class participation grade encompasses three important parts of the course: 1) in-class participation in daily activities; 2) collaboration with your peers; and 3) conferences with me outside of class. You will frequently collaborate with your classmates by reading and responding to their drafts. Each major writing project will require peer feedback organized around review questions pertinent to the assignment. Participation grades will be penalized for students who fail to take the task of peer review seriously.
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