Freshman Seminar in Reasoning and Discourse: Written Communication: Mice and Minotaurs

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
Encyclopedia Entry (SLOs 1 & 2)	10%
Exhibit Review (SLOs 1 & 2)	10%
Short Essay (SLOs 2 & 3)	10%
Creative Piece (SLOs 2 & 3)	15%
Animal Biography (SLOS 1, 2, & 3)	15%
Final Exam	20%
Participation	20%

Grading Scale:

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

Attendance/Participation:

Attend each class (two excused absences permissible; two unexcused absences), communicate timely with the instructor, and participate by contributing to class discussions, raising questions, answering questions, and volunteering information. Participation contributes to the final course grade as outlined above.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Required Textbook (can be purchased at the UNCG Bookstore in the EUC, ca. $40) Stephen Newmyer, Animals in Greek and Roman Thought: A Sourcebook. London/New York: Routledge, 2010. ISBN 9780415773355.