ENGH 302: Advanced Composition

ENGH 302-M07: Advanced Comp (Multi-Discp)
(Spring 2016)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW

Innovation Hall 323

Section Information for Spring 2016

A very warm welcome to English 302! The overarching goal of this course is to provide an environment wherein you create and perform the best writing and speaking you’ve ever done in your life. We will do our best in this course to help each other get the most out of our our writing and speaking experiences, to create and speak in ways we can look back on and remember with pride. Practicing the following sub-goals and habits of mind will assist us:

 

This section of English 302 is participating in GMU’s “Students as Scholars” program. Across campus, students now have increased opportunities to work with faculty on original scholarship, research, and creative activities, through their individual departments and the OSCAR office (http://oscar.gmu.edu).

 

Assignments in English 302 will help prepare you to be contributors to knowledge in your field, not just memorizers of facts. In this course you will come to:

  • understand how knowledge is created and transmitted in a field/discipline
  • understand key methods and conventions of scholarly research in your field/discipline
  • articulate and refine your own question for scholarly inquiry
  • situate your investigation in an ongoing context/conversation in your field
  • and design a final project that adds new perspectives and/or data to the conversation

 

In addition, this course is designed to build on the general writing skills and techniques you have acquired in 101 and other university courses, and to prepare you for completing advanced level writing, analysis, and research tailored to your major discipline and possible future workplace. We will, therefore, practice the various genres of writing you are likely to encounter including research methods, knowledge creation and transmission, and scholarly inquiry. Throughout the semester, you’ll also learn to recognize the way(s) that knowledge is constructed in various disciplines (focusing on your own discipline or career interest), adapt your writing to common purposes and audience needs, conduct and synthesize research, use computer technologies as part of your research and writing process, and produce writing that employs the organizational techniques and genres typical in your discipline. We’ll also focus on the professionalism and professional writing forms and techniques that you’ll need throughout your career.

ENGH 302 M07 is for all majors, especially those in multiple or cross-disciplinary programs.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Builds on the skills and mindsets that student writers develop in their Mason Core Written Communications lower-level course. Advanced Composition focuses on rhetorical flexibility, inquiry-based research, and a writing process oriented toward investigating and responding to meaningful questions relevant to students’ field of study. Students learn to critically read, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize sources. They also learn to understand and to use disciplinary and linguistic conventions as they adapt their writing for different genres, audiences, and purposes. Notes: Students must attain a minimum grade of C to fulfill degree requirements. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Written Communication (upper)
Specialized Designation: Mason Impact.
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of 45 credits.
Registration Restrictions:

Required Prerequisites: (ENGH 100C, 100XS, 101C, 101XS, U101, 122C, 122XS, ENGL 100C, 101C, U101, 122C, HNRS 110C, 110XS, NCLC 203C, INTS 203C or 203XS) and (ARAB 325D, 325XS, 325XP, L325, 365D, CHIN 310D, 310XS, 310XP, L310, 311D, 311XS, 311XP, 325D, L325, 325XS, 325XP, 328D, 328XS, 328XP, CLAS 250D, U250, 250XS, 250XP, 260D, 260XS, 260XP, 340D, 340XS, 340XP, 350D, 350XS, 350XP, 360D, 360XS, 360XP, 380D, 380XS, 380XP, ENGH 201D, U201, 201XS, 201XP, 202D, U202, 202XS, 202XP, 203D, U203, 203XS, 203XP, 204D, U204, 204XS, 204XP, FREN 325D, L325, 325XS, 325XP, 329D, 329XS, 329XP, FRLN 330D, 330XS, 330XP, L330, GERM 325D, 325XS, 325XP, ITAL 320D, 320XS, 320XP, 325D, L325, 325XS, 325XP, JAPA 340D, 340XS, 340XP, KORE 311D, 311XS, 311XP, PHIL 253D, 253XS, 253XP, 100T, 173T, 151T, RELI 235D, 235XS, 235XP, U235, 333D, 333XS, 333XP, RUSS 325D, 325XS, 325XP, 326D, 326XS, 326XP, 327D, 327XS, 327XP, SPAN 325D, L325, 325XS, 325XP, ENGH 2---, INTS 101D, 101XS, 101XP, NCLC 101D, HNRS 131D, 131XS, 131XP, ELED 258D, U258, 258XS, 258XP, HIST 334D, 334XS, 334XP, 381D, 403D, RELI 271D, 271XS, 271XP, SEED 370D, 370XS, 370XP, INTS 363D, 363XS, 363XP, RELI 339D, 339XS, 339XP, 334D, 338D, ENGH 206D, 206XS or 206XP).
C Requires minimum grade of C.
XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
D Requires minimum grade of D.
XP Requires minimum grade of XP.

Students with a class of Freshman may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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