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Understanding grammar is important for writers because grammatical choices affect style; stylistic choices have grammatical implications. Yet grammar is often given last place in writing classes or made a mere matter of mechanics-correcting a comma splice, changing a relative pronoun. This course is designed for all writers and would be writers who want to understand the rhetorical power of grammar. It is designed for anyone who wants to understand what stylistic choices writers have available. It is not, therefore, a course in grammar or a course in style, but a course on the relationship between them. Students improve their grammar through working on style; they improve their style by working on grammar, sentence diagramming, weekly grammatical excursions, required weekly quizzes, and a final project. (Forbes, offered fall alternate years)
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?ourneys," writes Susan Orlean, "are the essential text of the human experience." That experience is at the heart of this course. As Orlean says, though, a journey need not be to an exotic place, though she has been to many such places. But a piece about a journey-a piece of travel writing-can come from somewhere just around the corner, down the street, up a flight of stairs, any "there-and-back-again" that you might take. The only requirement is that the writer-the traveler first, then the writer-pay attention. Students read exemplary travel writers, write their own travel pieces, keep a reading journal and observation notes to prepare for their formal essays. A field trip and a fee are required. (Forbes, offered spring alternat
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This intermediate writing course studies immigrant experiences in their local, national, and global contexts with a particular focus on discourses surrounding immigrant lives. The course examines the historical, political and linguistic aspects of immigration, such as ethnicity, culture, and cross-cultural divides. Students will complete rhetorical and linguistic analyses of immigration policies, immigrant discourses, and produce their own writing.
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How do we talk about work in our society How do we decide what work to do How does work affect identity and what life means Is work valuable in and of itself, or is work only a means to an end What are the rhetorical requirements of various workplaces What issues of gender, class, and equity are raised by workplace rhetoric This course seeks to address these and other questions about a fundamental aspect of every person's life. It explores the issue of work in school and after school through readings and discussions. Topics vary. (Repeatable) (staff, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
Awareness of gender difference often constitutes a significant barrier both to effective self expression and interpersonal communication, becoming for both men and women a source of either self censorship or an (often unconscious) silencing of others. Is there a value to having a sense of otherness based upon one's gender roles Are there ways to bridge the gender gap in order to communicate effectively and without diminishing one's sense of self If one takes the problem as an opportunity for serious study, one is confronted with fundamental questions about how language links individual identity with socially defined gender roles. Students encounter the potential for discovering new opportunities for personal expression and communication with others. (Bhasin , offered alternate years)
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Academic, intellectual culture is a culture of the word, of reading and writing, of print. This course explores the dynamics of this culture through a close interrogation of the writing and reading practices of intellectuals, ourselves included. Through the course of the semester students keep a reading journal, write several critical essays, and complete a final project. (Forbes, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates one of the fundamental theoretical ways language is studied today. Students study the theories of discourse analysis and practice those theories by analyzing spoken and written texts. Analysis of the various kinds of texts in our culture-from billboards to novels, from political speeches and academic lectures to radio and TV talk shows-leads into discussions of conversational style, gender, linguistic stereotypes, and problems in intracultural communication. (Bhasin , offered fall alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
What is BEV or Ebonics Is it a language or a dialect This course studies Black English Vernacular, also called Ebonics or Black street speech or Black talk (depending on the linguist): its sounds, structure, semantics, and history. It investigates the differences between black and white spoken discourse styles, which lead to tension and misunderstanding. It looks at written texts for the ways in which they reveal particular styles of spoken discourse. And it investigates the educational public policy issues surrounding Black English Vernacular. (Forbes, Bhasin, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
Visit any American high school and find most students dressed in trendy sneakers and jeans, a good representation of the hidden discourse of class since these same students originate from different social and economic backgrounds. This course interrogates American class-how is it defined Who gets to define it How is it represented in written and spoken discourse What are its costs and hidden injuries How does class shape and predict What is the connection between race, ethnicity, and class What is the language of class Students think, read, and write analytically about their own experiences as well as develop critical interpretations about the cultural discourse of class. (Salibrici, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces print journalism. It focuses on the basics of reporting and feature writing (business, sports, local government, and the law). Participants should expect to produce several pages of accurate, detailed, and well-written copy a week and be prepared for extensive and numerous revisions. Students also work on typography and layout. As the major project for the semester, students in teams write, edit, design, and typeset a newspaper. There is a fee for this course. (Repeatable) (Forbes, offered alternate years)
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