FALL 2000
This information effective for Fall 2000.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Peggy Miles
MWF 2:00P-3:10P
N. Sci Annex 103
In the words of Morrison, "if you study the culture and art of African-Americans, you are not studying a regional or minor culture. What you are studying is America." Through the works of the Nobel Prize-winning author, we will explore a too often overlooked aspect of the American experience. In addition, we will use her novels as models for discovering insights into the craft of writing. Texts will include The Bluest Eye, Beloved, and Jazz. The focus of this course will be on class participation and writing as a process. Students will generate ideas through class discussion, keep weekly learning logs, and develop their written skills through a succession of three drafts each on three different topics, including a research paper. We will look at means of developing a personal style and voice.
Sarah Rabkin
TTH 2:00P-3:45P
Kresge 319
How well does the nation's health-care system take care of our health? What is it like to be sick or injured in the U.S. if one is poor, powerless, or a stranger to Western medicine? What do doctors and other health-care professionals' experience on their end of the stethoscope? This section looks at health care from the perspectives of people who seek it as well as those who practice it. Readings (by Anne Fadiman, Nancy Mairs, Melvin Konner, and others ) include personal accounts, cross-cultural perspectives, ethical explorations, and political critiques. Discussions and writing assignments encourage you to examine your own experiences and to expand your understanding of this complex topic. If you choose this section, you should be prepared to read closely, research resourcefully, write thoughtfully, and revise vigorously. You should also expect to share drafts with classmates and participate generously in discussions.
James Wilson
MW 7:00P-8:45P
Crown 202
In this seminar course students will read and critique the ideas of several published essays on a range of topics, including the following: Nature and Place, Work and Social Class, Friendship and Romance, Science and Psyche, Language and Education, Campaigns and Controversies. Some consideration will also be given to media reporting on the presidential race as well as state and local issues of the Fall 2000 political season. Students can expect to write essays of varying lengths and rhetorical modes (including one research effort), to revise substantively, and to study writing in small workshop sessions and large group discussions.
**Interview only. Attend the first class meeting**
Conn Hallinan
TTH 12:00P-1:45P
Kresge 194
Writing 64 is a journalism workshop that combines newswriting techniques and press critique. Students learn how to produce rewrites, interviews, news stories, cover public events, and news features. Students also keep a weekly news journal. Writing 1 as a prerequisite is strongly recommended. Writing 64 is required for entrance into the Journalism Minor.
Roz Spafford
TTH 10:00A-11:45A
College Eight 250
As a speaker and writer, how do you go about persuading someone that what you're saying is meaningful or correct or important enough to act on? What accounts for how your audience reacts to you? When does communication fail? Or consider persuasion more generally: what strategies do political candidates or advertisers or other public communicators use to reach their audiences? In this class we will learn how the fields of communication originated and what shape they take now, examining a variety of issues through reading, writing, discussion, and small mind-boggling projects.
Jim Wilson
MWF 11:00A-12:10P
J Baskin Engineering 372
Liberation from "vocal imperialism"! From stand-up comedy to political argument, students will learn strategies to write, analyze, and deliver effective speeches in various genres including impromptu, persuasive, and debate, as well as professional presentations (law, medicine, business, etc) using "power point" and other visuals. Students can expect to practice their skills frequently in front of an audience, to receive regular instructor and peer evaluations, and to study the discipline with a public speaking textbook.
**Interview only. Attend the first class meeting**
Newberry
TTH 10:00A-11:45A
Merrill 2
Writing 161A is an upper-division class designed for re-entry and transfer women. It will focus on research-based writing, with students exploring a topic of their choice linked with the overall theme of "women, community and identity." We will explore research in many forms, from reflecting on personal experience to finding sources in the library to observing and evaluating the world around us. Through class discussions and small group meetings we will support each other through the various stages of research and writing, developing along the way a community of thinkers. Note: Each student must be able to attend a weekly two- to three-hour small-group meeting, to be scheduled on the first day of class.
**Interview only. Attend the first class meeting**
Cliff Edwards
TTH 4:00P-5:45P
Porter 249
Minorities in Journalism will examine media coverage of recent major news events, ascertaining how biases impact a story. Students will compare viewpoints from competing publications, writing papers on a weekly basis, as well as producing two major papers.
**Interview only. Attend the first class meeting**
Charles Atkinson
MW 3:30P-5:15P
Porter 241
This course is designed to train Writing Assistants concurrently employed by the Writing Program to work with Subject A students in the college core courses during fall quarter, 2000. Students will read recent research, analyze student writing, review grammar and style conventions, discuss their ongoing tutoring experience, and write a paper on some aspect of the writing/tutoring process. The emphasis will be on practical strategies to improve peers' writing.
**Interview only. Attend the first class meeting**
Ellen Hart
MW 3:30P-5:15P
Porter 249
"The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing as an Educational Opportunity Program Writing Assistant." This is a training and support course for WAs hired by EOP.
**Interview only. Attend the first class meeting**
Conn Hallinan
TH 2:00P-3:45P
Kresge 325
Writing 180 is for staff members of City On A Hill Press. Reporting and writing of news stories, reviews, columns and editorials in City On a Hill will be examined in detail.