Policies

To paraphrase Henry Adams, "students are responsible for their own education." This doesn't mean that I can sit back and watch while you essentially take over what should be my job as a teacher. It simply means that I expect a classroom environment in which I'm not solely responsible for getting discussions going, and things of that nature. I believe that equal portions of effort from the instructor, students, as well as variety in course materials provide an interesting, creative class that will benefit everyone involved. Thus, rather than me standing in front of the classroom presenting you material which you dutifully copy down, we will be interacting via computers, discussions, and other classroom activities. Have a look...
 

E. Anderson

 

Welcome to English 104!
This semester we will be focusing on the idea of writing within a community. In addition, we will work on developing our own senses of what community means and how we fit into communities. To study these issues, I've divided the course into major sections. For the first part of the class we'll talk about writing in college and college in general. Next, we'll turn our attention to issues involved with language and how language can alter how people perceive us and how we perceive others. Then we'll study the electronic community of the Internet. We'll spend the rest of the semester reading about and discussing issues of race, gender, and families.
 
 

Erin Duncan

Purpose

The purpose of English 104 is to help prepare you for academic writing. By the end of the semester, we will have covered a lot of material and practiced different strategies and skills. You should be able to say that you, too, can do the following: adapt your writing to specific purposes and readers, use information sources correctly and appropriately, use a variety of organizational strategies, avoid errors that distract or confuse readers, and develop strategies to write and revise essays.
 
 

Suzanne Guess