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Discourse 200: Culture and Diversity: Students will produce, perform, and analyze college-level, oral and written texts that are based on sustained academic research. Students will continue to develop their understanding of discourse analysis and language awareness in the context of a range of discursive forms. Students will interpret and synthesize college-level scholarship that addresses how diverse discourse communities define, evaluate, and transform individual, institutional, and cultural identities. This course is associated with the anchor course Culture and Diversity and prepares students for Discourse III: Civic and Community Engagement.
(Instructors will provide a more specific course description, depending on the anchor course with which their section is connected.)
Students will demonstrate an ability to:
 Interpret and analyze discourse that deals with issues of cultural and/or global diversity in a variety of forms.
 Identify factors defining cultural identities and analyze how these are employed in a variety of discourse.
 Develop an advanced understanding of critical discourse analysis and critical language awareness.
 Use written and oral discourse to develop and present meaningful and interesting ideas that show the students’ voices, a willingness to take intellectual risks, and an ability to enter an academic conversation.

 Communicate competently in several genres and in response to the needs of different audiences.
 Create discourse through a more sophisticated process that includes editing, proofreading, and revising multiple drafts.
 Critique their own and others' works and assess their own development as producers of discourse.
 Construct effective research strategies and arguments, use resources effectively, evaluate a broad range of sources, including library resources, cite information sources in compliance with established norms, and weave such scholarly sources into a longer interdisciplinary research project.
 Appropriately cite sources using a consistent professional style (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) at an intermediate level.
Discourse 200: Though there are different sections and instructors of Discourse 200, certain general expectations apply to every course: Discourse 200 students are required to research, draft, develop and complete a minimum of 24 pages of finished writing (6000 words) including at least two critical research essays. Students are also required to research, draft, develop and present at least two formal speeches with a combined minimum total of 15 minutes. All major assignments will engage with academic sources with an emphasis on Culture and Diversity. This work will be presented in a final summative portfolio at the end of the term. Constructive feedback and opportunities for comprehensive revision will be provided throughout. All formal work, written and spoken, will be graded using a rubric that applies the SLO's for Communications Skills and
Information Literacy.
Attendance
Students are expected to attend and participate in classes. Advance notice of attendance policies of academic units and individual instructors should be given, and such notice should be in writing.
Students should notify instructors of excused absences in advance, where possible. Students who have an excused absence are expected to make arrangements with instructors for alternative or make-up work. Such arrangements should be made in advance of the absence, where possible.
Disability Support Services:
To obtain disability related accommodations and/or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities must contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (OSSD) as soon as possible. To contact
OSSD call 816-235-5696. Once verified, OSSD willaccommodation and/or auxiliary aids to be provided. For more information go to: http://www.umkc.edu/disability/ .
Discrimination Grievances and Procedures:

http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/rules/collected_rules/grievance/ch390/grievance_390.010 http://www.umkc.edu/diversity/documents/complaintprocess.pdf
Academic Dishonesty: Plagiarism is the undocumented use of another’s ideas or words. In this course, you will learn how to conduct academic research, how to evaluate sources, and document them appropriately. Failure to adequately cite your research is plagiarism and is a serious offense that could jeopardize your future academic career. http://www.umkc.edu/provost/policies/academicintegrity-dishonesty-and-plagiarism.pdf
Grade Appeals: http://www.umkc.edu/catalog/Procedure_for_Appeal_of_Grades.html
Writing Center: http://cas.umkc.edu/writingcenter/
A & S Life Coach: For more information regarding this program, please visit the following website: aslifecoach@umkc.edu<mailto:aslifecoach@umkc.edu
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