Number and Title of Course: English 101, Approaches to Academic Writing

 

Length of Course: One semester (Fourteen weeks)

 

Classroom Hours Per Week: Five classroom hours per week  (a mixture of lecture, workshop and seminar)

 

Number of Credit Units: Three credits

 

Prerequisite:     C or better in English 100, or C+ or better in English 12

 

Description of Course:  An advanced course in the study and writing of mainly non-literary academic prose.  Students will be given opportunities to analyze and summarize academic texts from a  variety of disciplines. To better prepare students to become critical readers and writers, the academic argumentative essay will be the central focus of discussion with notice given to the understanding and use of definition, comparison and contrast, and persuasive strategies. Students will also write a formal research paper in which they will develop their skills in the use of scholarly research.

 

 

Textbooks: To be announced

 

Transferability:  UBC English 112, SFU English 199 (W), UVic English 135

Instructors:

Steve Barnes , B.Sc. (Alberta), M.A. (British Columbia)
Zeferino Cabrita, B.A., B.F.A., M.A. (British Columbia)
Dilek Cansin, B.A. (Macalester College), M.A. (British Columbia)
Debra Clarke, B.Sc., M.A., TESL Cert (British Columbia)
Leah Kaser, B.A. (British Columbia), M.Ed. (Lesley College)
Angela Lavery, B.A., B.Ed., (Toronto), M.A. (British Columbia)
Nicola Maher, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Sussex)
Leslie Mercer, B.A.(British Columbia), M.A. (University College Dublin)
Denis Roberts, B.A., P.D.P., M.A. (Simon Fraser)
Jim Smith, B.Ed., M.Ed. (British Columbia), M.A.(Simon Fraser)
Gary Swanson, B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A. (British Columbia)