English 118 - COLQ IN WRITING: BORDERS

In sections limited to 15 students each, this course primarily provides systematic instruction and practice in reading and writing academic prose, with emphasis on argumentation. The course also provides instruction and practice in conducting research and in public speaking. Particular sections of this course are designed to support nonnative speakers and bilinguals, who are strongly encouraged to consider those sections. Priority is given to incoming students in the fall-semester sections. Course may be repeated for credit with another instructor.: This course is designed to get you thinking about maps to generate ideas for your writing. Our main focus will be learning to write logical, complex academic essays, and assignments will include four essays, blog posts, and a presentation, accompanied by lessons on rhetoric, revision, structure, grammar, and research basics. Questions addressed in discussions, readings, and essays will include: Is a map a rhetorical document? Is there bias in the language of maps? How do maps and essays hide the process of creation? What histories of exploration and exploitation are communicated (or silenced) by the act of mapping?

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