Composition I

This course is designed to help you develop your critical
thinking and writing skills. Throughout the course of the semester, you will be
asked to write online, at home, and in the classroom in addition to completing
and discussing reading assignments. As a class, we will go over notions of
utilizing writing to think and learn, and we will also think about writing for
different audiences. Because writing is a process, revisions of papers will be
assisted by your classmates as peer reviewers, by the class mentor, and by me
in conferences.

 

Final grades will be determined by the successful completion of
written assignments (4-5 essays (including a research project) and a separate
portfolio), attendance, and class participation.

 

Reading
assignments will be available for you to download from our class website.