PRINCIPLES OF ACADEMIC WRITING in Fall 2024 (EN1000D)

Emphasizes the stages required to produce a polished, articulate essay by practicing the necessary components of excellent academic writing: sharpening critical thinking skills, organizing ideas, choosing appropriate and dynamic words, varying prose style, editing, refining, and proofreading. Although this course carries 4 credits, it does not fulfill the University's English requirement.

Course Master:

PRINCIPLES OF ACADEMIC WRITING (EN1000)

Term:

Fall 2024

Discipline:

EN (English)

Credits:

4 credits

Type:

Regular

Level:

Undergraduate

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Exam Date:

Friday, December 13, 2024 - 09:00

Pre-requisites:

EN0950

Co-requisites:

None

Professor(s)

Rebekah Rast

Notes

People move. We change homes, schools, jobs or sometimes countries. We leave one neighbourhood, city, region or country for another, and in so doing we confront new habits, traditions, cultures and languages. We move into worlds that welcome, worlds that ignore, worlds that reject, or worlds that show indifference. One place may feel suddenly foreign, while another feels like home. Personal journeys take place during these moves, creating life stories. In this course we will contemplate these life stories and the implications of personal journeys on individual and collective experience and identity. Based on films and readings, we will experiment with academic, journalistic and creative writing, always working towards developing your own voice in written and spoken English.

Texts:

- Ryszard Kapuscinski, The Shadow of the Sun

- Julie Otsuka, When the Emperor was Divine

Additional readings and films

Learning Outcomes

Comprehend, interpret and analyze texts
Construct cogent arguments, both written and oral
to demonstrate the ability to express knowledge and reason effectively in written work
to develop personal voice and style in writing, at the level of the sentence, the paragraph, the essay and the extended paper
to engage in intellectual discussion; document sources correctly and avoid plagiarism through practice of appropriate citation techniques
to understand writing as process, from pre-writing and drafting to revising and final editing
to use writing as a way to enhance and deepen learning
to work through research: incorporate adequate support for arguments from primary and secondary sources; articulate questions clearly; identify and gain access to appropriate secondary information;

Syllabus

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Book List

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN Number
The Shadow of the Sun	Ryszard Kapuscinski	Penguin	9780140292626
When the Emperor was Divine	Julie Otsuka	Penguin	9780241963449

Schedule

Start Date:

Monday, September 2, 2024

End Date:

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Day	Start Time	End Time	Room
Tuesday	10:35	11:55	C-505
Wednesday	10:35	11:55	C-505
Friday	10:35	11:55	C-505