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Associated Term: Fall 2010
Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional West Lafayette Campus Lecture Schedule Type Learning Outcomes: English 10800 - 008 - Accelerated First-Year Composition: Engaging in Public Discourse This section of English 10800 requires that students spend some time during the semester volunteering for a non-profit or community organization. English 108 is an accelerated 3-credit hour composition course for advanced students, or students who have already demonstrated a higher level of writing proficiency. This section focuses on actual engagement with volunteer organizations in the community and the larger social issues these organizations face. English 10800 emphasizes a more rigorous approach that focuses on public writing/public rhetoric with higher expectations on the students' ability to work more quickly and more independently. To meet all the goals of this course, students should expect to produce approximately 8,000 words of polished writing or the equivalent. Writing assignments can include but are not limited to Observation reports, Field Journals, Ethnographies, Analyzing/Defining Community, Research Report, Community-Based Research Essay, Letters to Public Officials, or Oral History Required Materials: Textbook Composing a Civic Life: A Rhetoric and Readings for Inquiry and Action. By Michael Berndt and Amy Muse. Published by Pearson Longman. Technical Requirements: View Catalog Entry
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