This course introduces you to writing at the college level and for an
academic audience. In-class activities and assignments will focus in particular
on 1-the analysis of academic and scholarly papers, 2-the use of library resources
and research methodology, and 3-your development as an academic writer,
including your ability to edit and proofread academic papers.
Writing assignments include 1-a critique
paper based on assigned video/reading material; an image analysis essay; an
argumentative essay; a research-based essay; an annotated bibliography; a
PowerPoint presentation.
As we engage in scholarly conversations with other academic writers, we
will also discuss the role of FOOD—particularly food and culture—in our daily
lives and look at, and makes sense of, the current scholarship on the topic.
The final research essay will engage this broad theme and make use of
ethnographic methodology (such as fieldwork and interviews) in order to help us
make sense of the role of food in our daily lives and within Hawai‘i’s
communities.