FYC@UTEP: Composing Your Success Lang, Fall 2014

English 1312/RWS 1302: Research and Critical Writing

CRN: 13004 INSTRUCTOR: ELIZABETH LANG
TIME/DAYS: M 10:30 11:50 E-MAIL: EBLANG@UTEP.EDU
PLACE: UGLC 3 PHONE: !15 4"4-544
O##ICE HOURS: M 1:00 1:30$ % &:30
10:00
O##ICE LOCATION: 'O%ELL HALL 101/103
Course Description
The primar goal o! English 1"12 is #o $e%elop s#u$en#s& cri#ical #hin'ing s'ills in or$er #o !acili#a#e e!!ec#i%e
communica#ion in all e$uca#ional, pro!essional, an$ social con#e(#s) This e!!ec#i%e communica#ion is *ase$ on an
a+areness o! an$ apprecia#ion !or $iscourse communi#ies as +ell as 'no+le$ge speci!ic #o su*,ec# ma##er, genre,
rhe#orical s#ra#eg, an$ +ri#ing process)
The class presen#s an approach #o communica#ion #ha# helps s#u$en#s $e#ermine #he mos# e!!ec#i%e s#ra#egies,
arrangemen#s, an$ me$ia #o use in $i!!eren# rhe#orical con#e(#s) -# #eaches s#u$en#s a ss#ema#ic approach !or
anal.ing rhe#orical si#ua#ions an$ #hen pro$ucing a %arie# o! $ocumen#s an$ presen#a#ions +hile gaining more
con!i$ence an$ !luenc in %isual, oral, an$ +ri##en communica#ion) -n a$$i#ion, *ecause communica#ion is cen#ral
#o *eing an ac#i%e an$ engage$ mem*er o! socie#, #he course also pro%i$es a space !or in!orme$ a$%ocac)
This course is #augh# as a h*ri$ class//+i#h one !ace/#o/!ace mee#ing !or lec#ure an$ $iscussion, an$ #he res# o!
#he course u#ili.ing a managemen# ss#em such as 0lac'*oar$, a 1i'i, a class +e*si#e, or a com*ina#ion o!
ss#ems $epen$ing on #he ins#ruc#or) -ns#ruc#ors +ill pro%i$e s#u$en#s +i#h permanen# access #o #he slla*us,
supplemen#al rea$ing ma#erials, e/mail, an$ $iscussion groups) -# is %i#al #ha# s#u$en#s chec' an$ par#icipa#e in
#he online en%ironmen# consis#en#l as i# is an in#egral par# o! #he course) 2n occasion, s#u$en#s +ill *e as'e$ #o
mee# on #he h*ri$ $a #o par#icipa#e in li*rar research, #echnolog +or'shops, presen#a#ions, or o#her ac#i%i#ies
#heir ins#ruc#or migh# nee$ #hem #o *e phsicall presen# !or) Please 'eep #his #ime a%aila*le !or #his class)
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Learning Outcomes
3# #he en$ o! #his course, s#u$en#s +ill *e a*le #o:
Un$ers#an$ a #heor o! $iscourse communi#ies4
Engage as a communi# o! +ri#ers +ho $ialogue across #e(#s, argue, an$ *uil$ on each o#her&s +or'4
5ra+ on e(is#ing 'no+le$ge *ases #o crea#e 6ne+7 or 6#rans!orme$7 'no+le$ge4
5e%elop a 'no+le$ge o! genres as #he are $e!ine$ an$ +i#hin $iscourse communi#ies4
3$$ress #he speci!ic, imme$ia#e rhe#orical si#ua#ions o! in$i%i$ual communica#i%e ac#s4
5e%elop proce$ural 'no+le$ge o! #he +ri#ing #as' in i#s %arious phases)
S#u$en#s +ill also ha%e #he oppor#uni# #o s#reng#hen s'ills se#s in #he !ollo+ing areas:
FYC@UTEP: Composing Your Success Lang, Fall 2014
Thin', rea$, an$ +ri#e cri#icall4
Formula#e research 8ues#ions an$ per!orm primar an$ secon$ar research #o ans+er #hose 8ues#ions4
0ecome !amiliar +i#h #he con#en#s o! #he UTEP Li*rar, in a %arie# o! !orms an$ areas o! pro!essional
s#u$ 9e)g) #he ar#s, humani#ies, sciences, nursing, social sciences, *usiness, engineering, an$
e$uca#ion:4
3nal.e an$ sn#hesi.e ma#erial !rom ou#si$e sources4
5e%elop a sensi#i%i# #o #he signi!icance o! $a#a an$ ho+ i# can *e rhe#oricall applie$ #o %arious genres4
an$,
3s par# o! a research process, appl research #o %arious genres4 recei%e ins#ruc#ion in #he logic an$ !orm
o! $ocumen#a#ion +i#hin a $iscipline 93P3:4 learn +ri#ing s#ra#egies !or in#egra#ing source ma#erial in#o
our o+n prose 98uo#e$, paraphrase$, an$ summari.e$ ma#erial:4 +ri#e anal#ical an$ argumen#a#i%e
papers appropria#e #o genres an$ larger $iscourse communi#ies)
Reuired !e"ts # $aterials
Compose, Advocate and Design, UTEP e$i#ion
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$a%or Course &ssignments and Scoring Components
'enre &nal(sis: S#u$en#s +ill i$en#i! #+o #e(#s on #he same su*,ec#, *u# in $i!!eren# genres, #o +ri#e a
compara#i%e analsis) 100 pts)

Literature Re*ie+ / ,rimar( Research Report: S#u$en#s +ill con$uc# primar an$ secon$ar research on a
social, poli#ical, or e#hical issue #o *ecome +ell/in!orme$ e(per#s on #he issue) S#u$en#s +ill #hen +ri#e a li#era#ure
re%ie+ o! #hese sources #o summari.e an$ sn#hesi.e #he argumen#s an$ i$eas o! #he research sources) 200
pts)
Documentar( -ilm ,ro%ect: S#u$en#s +ill plan, +ri#e, !ilm an$ e$i# a $ocumen#ar !ilm a$%oca#ing a posi#ion on
a curren# issue) S#u$en#s shoul$ see' oppor#uni#ies #o *ecome more !amiliar +i#h %i$eo an$ e$i#ing so!#+are
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5ocumen# 200 pts)
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Online Opinion ,iece: S#u$en#s +ill +ri#e an online opinion piece on some aspec# o! #he #opic o! #heir Li#era#ure
=e%ie+CPrimar =esearch =epor# in or$er #o a$%oca#e !or a polic change) 100 pts)
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sho+case o! comple#e$ assignmen#s an$ rela#e$ ma#erial in #his course, a# minimum4 s#u$en#s ma inclu$e an
+or' !rom o#her courses, as +ell as a$$i#ional aca$emicall rele%an# +or') 1.0 pts)
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$is#ri*u#e$ * #he ins#ruc#or) 200 pts)
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