Topics in Rhetoric/Composition

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• To recognize and apply the research methodology needed for the critical study of the literatures, rhetoric, or language of English.
• To identify and discriminate among literary, rhetorical, or linguistic theories and history to inform the critical study of English.
• To recognize and summarize the multiple fields of English and the current issues within them.
• Develop varied modes of inquiry informed by the relationship between theory and practice, knowledge and action. (WGSS marker)
• Demonstrate understanding of power from historical, geopolitical, ethical and psychological perspectives within global, national, and community contexts. (WGSS marker)

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Oral assignment (in class activity/presentation)	20%
Written assignment exploring an experiential education technique.	18%
Written research report on some aspect of experiential education (historical, contemporary, or in application)	50%
Attendance and Participation	12%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93.0% and above	A
90.0% – 92.9%	A-
87.0% – 89.9%	B+
83.0% – 86.9%	B
80.0% – 82.9%	B-
77.0% – 79.9%	C+
73.0% – 76.9%	C
70.0% – 72.9%	C-

Attendance/Participation:

Students will receive 1% point toward their final grade for each class session that they attend and in which they actively participate up to 12% of their final grade.

One class session/percentage point can be earned in an alternative manner on an as-needed basis to reach the full 12% for the attendance and participation grade.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World. Christine Rosen. ISBN: 9780393241716
• I Who Have Never Known Men. Jacqueline Harpman. ISBN: 9781945492600
• Experience and Education. John Dewey. ISBN: 9780684838281