Writing Undergraduate Degrees in the USA

...Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session Writing You will be writing four essays for the class, which should total between 20-25 pp. At least...

... in the humanities, arts, and social sciences should require at least 20 pages of writing divided among 3–5 assignments. Of these 3–5 assignments, at least one should...

... grade. Writing Reader Responses will help you feel prepared to speak up in class; if a student does not volunteer, she or he may be called upon to speak...

... and its forms; in writing we attend to techniques of persuasion and of honest evidenced sequential argumentation. Poets to be read will include William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth, William Wordsworth, John Keats, T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, and some contemporary writers...

..., in writing, the concepts of anthropological and social theory to interpret cultural phenomena. Students will learn to write closely reasoned analyses...

... we try to avoid that). A second goal is to get you thinking, and writing, and arguing, in a philosophical way yourself. Feinberg, Joel, and Russ Shafer...

... a scientific explanation? There are no prerequisites for this course. Reading, discussing, and writing about the assigned readings are the central activities...

...This course is taken by mechanical engineering majors during their senior year to prepare a detailed thesis proposal under the guidance of staff from the Writing Program. The thesis proposal must bear the endorsement of the thesis supervisor and indicate the number of units planned...

... essays, ranging across disciplines, both to learn more about this genre and to inspire your own writing. This semester's reading centers on "The Dark Side," with essays ranging from Alan Lightman's "Prisoner of the Wired World" through Robin Marantz Henig's cautionary account of nano-technology ("Our...

... to the readings for a particular class. Signups will follow. Writing assignments in this subject are frequent. Everyone will write three 3-5 pp. essays (15%...

...This course features descriptions of course writing assignments. This course also features archived syllabi from various semesters...

...This course features sample writing assignments and a detailed reading list. This course also features archived syllabi from various semesters...

... people think his writing is so great? What meanings did his plays have in his own time, and how do we read, speak, or listen to his words now? What should we watch for when viewing his plays in performance? Whose plays are we watching, anyway? We'll consider these questions as we carefully examine...

...This course is a sequel to 21G.113 Chinese V (Streamlined). It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated conversational, reading and writing skills by combining authentic reading and audio-visual material with their own explorations of Chinese speaking societies, using the human... Learn about: Network Training, Writing Skills...

... with its CI-H and HASS-D label, this course will involve substantial attention to students' writing and speaking abilities...

... experience in working with primary documentation sources through its selection of readings and class discussions. Students then have the opportunity to apply this experience by researching their own historical questions and writing a term paper...

... is responsible for leading one in-class discussion, writing one short paper, and completing a final research paper on a topic relevant to course themes...

...-H) subject. Students are required to have two meetings with the class Writing Advisor. Christian, David. Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History...

... influences policy making. This course includes intensive practice in the writing and presentation of scientific research and summaries for policy makers...

...Although this class starts by critically examining the term “ethnic” as it defines a wide range of cultural forms over time, we will focus mostly on contemporary writers. Questions to consider will include: How has ethnic writing changed American culture and renovated forms of literary expression...