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Class Detail:
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FA 2012
English Language and Literature
ENGLISH
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Academic Writing and Literature
Section
015
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Course Note:
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This course studies the intersection between critical thinking and persuasive writing, and, using literary texts as the point of reference, takes as its goal the development of the student's skill at writing cogent expository and argumentative prose.
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Credits:
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4
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Requirements & Distribution:
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FYWR
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Waitlist Capacity:
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unlimited
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Consent:
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With permission of instructor.
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Repeatability:
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May not be repeated for credit.
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Primary Instructor:
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Burch,Aaron Matthew
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(real time availability for all sections)
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This writing course focuses on the creation of complex, analytic, well-supported arguments that matter in academic courses. Students work closely with their peers and the instructor to develop their written prose. Readings cover a variety of genres and academic disciplines, with a primary focus on literary texts.
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Course Syllabi
Syllabi are available to current LSA students. IMPORTANT: These syllabi are provided to give students a general idea about the courses, as offered by LSA departments and programs in prior academic terms. The syllabi do not necessarily reflect the assignments, sequence of course materials, and/or course expectations that the faculty and departments/programs have for these same courses in the current and/or future terms.
Search for Syllabus
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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)
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ISBN: 9780451197122
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Different seasons ; Apt pupil : a novella in different seasons, Author: Stephen King., Publisher: Penguin Pbk. ed. 1998
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9780553234084
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Goodbye, Columbus, Author: Philip Roth., Publisher: Bantam Books 38. print. 1982
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9780618477944
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Fun home : a family tragicomic, Author: Alison Bechdel., Publisher: Houghton Mifflin 2006
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9780312452759
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A pocket style manual, Author: Diana Hacker ; contributing authors Nancy Sommers, Tom Jehn, Jane Rosenzweig ; contributing ESL specialist Marcy Carbajal Van Horn., Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's 5th ed. 2008
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Required
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ISBN: 9780399141966
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Woe is I : the grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English, Author: Patricia T. O'Conner., Publisher: Riverhead Books 1. Riverhe 1998
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Required
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ISBN: 9780691122892
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The imaginative argument : a practical manifesto for writers, Author: Frank L. Cioffi., Publisher: Princeton university press 2005
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Required
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