ENGL
110
Department of English
CollegeCompositionI
YvetteKoepke
MTWTh9:00Ͳ11:00
3CreditsMay16ͲJune24
ThisisanEssentialStudiescourseandwillsatisfyyourdistributionrequirementinCommunication(1).
COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
Thiscourseisdesignedtointroducestudentsto—andtohelpthempractice—thewaysthatpeopleina
universitysettingwrite,read,andthink.Throughreadingsandwritingassignments,studentswilllearnto
analyze,synthesize,interpret,andevaluateideas,information,situations,andtexts.Bytheendofthe
course,studentsshould:
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April 18, 2016
Usecomposingandreadingforinquiry,learning,criticalthinking,andcommunicatinginvarious
contexts
Readadiverserangeoftexts,attendingespeciallytorelationshipsbetweenassertionandevidence,to
patternsoforganization,andtohowthesefeaturesfunctionfordifferentaudiencesandsituations
Usestrategies—suchasinterpretation,synthesis,response,andcritique—tocomposetextsthat
integrateyourideaswiththosefromourreadings
Developawritingprojectthroughmultipledraftsbygivingandactingonproductivefeedbackto
worksinprogress
Reflectonthedevelopmentofyourcomposingpracticesandhowthosepracticesinfluenceyour
writingandreading
Developknowledgeoflinguisticstructures,includinggrammar,punctuation,andspelling,through
practiceincomposingandrevising
Practiceapplyingcitationconventionssystematicallyinyourownwork*
Topromotetheseoutcomes,thecoursewillalsoengagestudentsinareal,current,andonͲgoing
academicproject,investigatingtheproblemsandpotentialsofreading,writing,rhetoric,literacy,
language,andeducationwritlarge.Intheprocess,studentswillhavetoengageinseriousandsustained
work,readingseveralacademicandpopularessays,writingfourorfiveformalpapers,andworking
throughmanystagesofdraftingandrevising.
ENGL
130
CompositionII:
WritingforPublicAudiences
Section2
ChrisNelson
MTWTh11:00Ͳ1:00
ENGL
308
LoriRobison
MTWTh9:00Ͳ11:00
EricWolfe
MTWTh9:00Ͳ11:00
3CreditsJune27ͲAugust5
Thiscourse,whichbuildsuponENGL110,asksstudentstotakeacademicwritingskillsintothepublic,toworkas
engagedcitizensoftheinformationage.Thecoursebeginswithreadingsaboutanimportantsocialissue,after
whichstudentswilldeterminehowtousethisknowledgetoservetheircommunities.Tothatend,studentswill
conductprimaryandsecondaryresearchprojects,whichwillleadtoacollaborativelyͲauthoredprojectproposal.
Then,studentswillproducedocumentsthatwillhelpinformandpersuadethepublicaboutanissueandproject,
suchasletters,emails,editorials,websites,andpromotionalmaterials.
Throughalloftheseprojects,thecourseasksstudents
toworkrhetorically—tothinkcarefullyaboutthe
audience,purpose,persona,genre,andtimingoftheir
writing,aswellastheimpactthatwritingcanhavein
thecommunity.LikeENGL110,thiscourseemphasizes
activelearningthroughrevision,peerreview,group
projects,andwritingworkshops.Bytheendofthe
course,studentsshould:
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3CreditsMay16ͲJune3
ThiscoursefulfillstheEssentialStudiescategoriesofFineArtsandAdvancedCommunication,andthe
EssentialStudiesgoalofWrittenCommunication.
Thiscourseconcernsthecraftofessaywriting,whichincludesgenressuchasmemoir;travel,food,and
sportswriting;andliteraryjournalism,amongothers.Wewillreadessaysbyprofessionalwritersand
eachothertoanalyzethetechniquesandstylesthatcontributetoasuccessfulessay.Individually,insmall
groups,andasawholeclass,wewillidentifyandcultivatethestylisticandrhetoricalmovesthatproduce
engagingandenlighteningcreativeessays.Youwillhavelotsofchoiceoftopicsandgenrestoreadand
writeabout,andmuchsupporttohelpyoustretchandgrowasawriter.Thisclasspresumesnoprevious
experienceincreativewritingandissuitableforanystudentofanymajorwhohascompletedUND’s100Ͳ
levelcompositionrequirements.
3CreditsJune27ͲAugust5
Section4
KimDonehower
MTWThF9:00Ͳ12:00
3CreditsMay16ͲJune24
Section3
TheArtofWritingNonfiction Learnandusekeyrhetoricalconceptsthrough
analyzingandcomposingavarietyoftexts
x Learncommonformatsand/ordesignfeaturesfor
differentkindsoftexts
x Gainexperiencereadingandcomposinginseveral
genrestounderstandhowgenreconventionsshape
andareshapedbyreaders’andwriters’practicesand
purposes
x Developfacilityinrespondingtoavarietyof
situationsandcontextscallingforpurposefulshiftsin
voice,tone,levelofformality,design,medium,and/orstructure
Locateandevaluate(forcredibility,sufficiency,accuracy,timeliness,biasandsoon)primaryandsecondary
researchmaterials,includingjournalarticlesandessays,books,scholarlyandprofessionallyestablishedand
maintaineddatabasesorarchives,andinformalelectronicnetworksandinternetsources
Adaptcomposingprocessesforavarietyoftechnologiesandmodalities
Experiencethecollaborativeandsocialaspectsofwritingprocesses
ENGL
415
SeminarinLiterature:Obscenities
AdamKitzes
MTWTh11:00Ͳ1:00
3CreditsMay16ͲJune24
ThiscourseisanEssentialStudiesCapstoneCourse,andfulfillsthegoalsofWrittenCommunicationand
CriticalThinking.Thiscourseisapprovedforgraduatecredit.
Firstthebadnews:thisisasmuchacourseaboutrhetoricasitisaboutlewdoroffensivelanguageand
subjectmatter.Instudyingobscenitywewilltakeupquestionsofhowthesenseoflimitations–whether
erotic,violentorotherwise–giveshapetoformsofexpression,eitherestablishingorlimitingwhatwriters
candowiththeirtexts.Tothatendwewillcoverasmucharangeasthesixweeksessionallowsus,taking
casesfromearlyaswellasmoremodernandcontemporarywriters,withselectionsfromlyric,dramaand
prose.OurreadingsthereforewilltrytobalanceShakespeareandhiscontemporaries(e.g.thesatirists,
ŽƌLJĂƚ͛ƐƌƵĚŝƚŝĞƐ),Restorationandeighteenthcenturynovelists,aswellasfigureslikeLautremont,Miller,
Lawrence,Nabokov,andRoth.Studentworkwillincludedailyclassactivities,shortassignmentsandone
longeressay,whichdevelopsatleastoneofthetopicsthatourcourseraises.