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Multicultural English Composition


Course Description

Themes on fiction, poetry, and drama using multicultural literature.


Athena Title

Multicultural English Comp


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1050H, ENGL 1060H, ENGL 1102, ENGL 1102E, ENGL 1102S


Prerequisite

ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall, spring and summer


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

In this course, students will learn to: 1. write papers in and out of class using processes that include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising, editing, and polishing the finished papers; 2. think critically so that they can recognize the difference between opinion and evidence so that they can support an intelligent, challenging thesis; 3. read poetry, drama, and fiction critically and write analytically about them; 4. address papers to a range of audiences; 5. develop a sense of voice appropriate to the subject, the writer's purpose, the context, and the reader's expectations; 6. compose unified, coherent paragraphs that develop topic sentences with detailed support; 7. shape effective sentences; 8. write correctly following the conventions of standard edited English and document essays using textual evidence.


Topical Outline

Students taking this course will have the same writing requirements and goals as students taking English Composition II but will study the literature representative of the following cultures: African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American. The choice and sequence of topics will vary from instructor to instructor and semester to semester. Course requirements policies that apply to all sections of this course will be determined by the current Freshman English Handbook. A possible series of topics might look something like this: A. Literary Topics 1. Learning to read and evaluate poetry, the short story, the novel, and drama 2. Selected works by African American writers 3. Selected works by Hispanic American writers 4. Selected works by Asian American writers 5. Selected works by Hispanic American writers 6. Selected works by writers from other groups B. Rhetorical Topics 7. Learning to write critically about literature 8. Content: Thesis, logic, and support 9. Organization and development 10. Style and syntax 11. Diction 12. Grammar, mechanics, and citation format, but will study the literature representative of the following cultures: African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American


General Education Core

CORE I: Foundation

Syllabus