ENGL 150
Expository Writing
Spring 2022
Division I
Writing Skills
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Class Details
Writing clearly is the most important skill you can learn in college. Do you suffer from writer’s block? Do you receive consistent criticism of your writing without also learning strategies for how to improve? This course is for students who want to learn how to write a well-argued, intelligible essay based on close, critical analysis of texts. We will derive our method for mastering the complex art of writing from Atul Gawande’s bestselling book, The Checklist Manifesto. In addition to sharpening your skills in reading, note-taking and literary analysis, this class will give you tools for generating drafts, peer editing, revising, and polishing your writing. The majority of the readings for this course will be literary essays, mostly contemporary, mostly American.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 3968
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 3968
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
required work includes: five papers totaling at least 20 pages; timely participation in drafts, revisions and peer-editing; evaluation partly based on improvement and effort
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
first-year students, especially students with demonstrated need for help with analytical writing
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills
WS Notes:
This course is devoted to the study of writing, focusing especially on expository essays. Five papers are assigned, totaling at least 20 pages. Special attention will be paid to drafts, revision and building peer editing skills.
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ENGL 150 - 01 (S) SEM Expository Writing
ENGL 150 - 01 (S) SEM Expository WritingDivision I Writing SkillsMWF 8:30 am - 9:45 am
Hopkins Hall 400 (Rogers Room)3968
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