Freshman Seminar in Reasoning and Discourse: Written Communication: Imagined Futures

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Analyze written texts to understand how they relate to particular audiences, purposes, and contexts as a way to inform one’s own writing.
• Create and revise written texts for particular audiences, purposes, and contexts.
• Through oral or written reflection, demonstrates awareness of one’s writing choices as well as how one’s own writing contributes to ongoing conversations.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Mini-Analysis (SLOs 1, 2, 3)	10%
Reclaiming the Narrative (Unit 2-SLOs 1, 2, &3)	10%
Horror Poster Project (Unit 3- SLOs 1 & 3)	15%
Comparative Literary Analysis (SLOs 1, 2 & 3)	30%
Introductory Writing Reflection Assignment	5%
Weekly Reading Response	20%
Participation	10%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100 points	A
90-92 points	A-
87-89 points	B+
83-86 points	B
80-82 points	B-
77-79 points	C+
73-76 points	C
70-72 points	C-
67-69 points	D+
63-66 points	D
60-62 points	D-
0-59 points	F

Attendance/Participation:

Participation includes preparation for class, engagement in discussions and activities, and completion of assigned work. Participation contributes to the final course grade as outlined above.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba (9781401229696)—UNCG Bookstore Cost: $12.50-$25.00
• Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (9781632157096)—UNCG Bookstore Cost: $8.50-$17.00
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (9780099740919)—UNCG Bookstore Cost: $9.00-$18.00
• This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (9781534430990)—UNCG Bookstore Cost: $9.00-$18.00