| Some Goals for Engl 1301: |
By the end of the semester, I hope that you'll:
- Improve your ability to pursue ideas and
knowledge
in a group.
- Improve your ability to read fairly
sophisticated
writing
like that found in the book that we'll read.
- Improve your ability to respond orally in
class and
in writing.
- Learned how to set up a basic webpage and to
use
email.
- Improve your ability to write,
both
in class
and out.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has
issued
"Educational Objectives" for Freshman Reading and Composition (English
1301 and English 1302), goals that it expects all composition courses
in
the State to address. They are as follows:
The objective of the composition component in the
core
curriculum is to enable the student to communicate effectively in clear
and correct prose in a style appropriate to the subject, occasion, and
audience.
Educational Objectives:
Through the core curriculum component in
composition,
the student will be able to:
- Understand and demonstrate writing and speaking
processes
through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing, and
presentation.
- Understand the importance of specifying
audience
and purpose
and to select appropriate communication choices.
- Understand and appropriately apply modes of
expression in
written communication.
- Participate effectively in groups with emphasis
on
listening,
critical and reflective thinking, and responding.
- Understand and apply basic principles of
critical
thinking,
problem solving, and technical profiency in the development of
exposition
and argument.
- Develop the ability to research and write a
documented paper.
These are the things that the Coordinating Board says
English
1301 and 1302 should try to accomplish. We'll be working on many of
them
this semester; others will be reserved for 1302.