ENGH 302: Advanced Composition

ENGH 302-H05: Advanced Comp (Humanities)
(Spring 2016)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW

Section Information for Spring 2016

This course is designed to give students majoring in the Humanities opportunities to develop their critical thinking and writing skills, and to prepare students for advanced-level writing, analysis, and research in their major disciplines and possible future workplaces. It is based on an understanding that the ability to express oneself clearly and critically is not merely helpful, but crucial, to one’s success both inside and outside of the university setting. Through a blend of lectures, discussions, formal writing assignments, and workshop exercises, we will build upon the general writing skills you have acquired in your other courses, including English 101. We will learn to adapt our writing to particular audiences; to conduct and synthesize research; to produce writing that suits the demands of our various, specific academic disciplines; and to become effective critics of our own and others’ work. We will also learn to recognize the ways in which knowledge is constructed in our different areas or disciplines. In short, the overarching goal of the course is to prepare you to complete sophisticated tasks not only in your university courses but also in your work beyond college, no matter what life paths you choose. Although you will always have guidelines to follow as you tackle your formal writing assignments, you will also have a great deal of leeway in choosing specific essay topics. Thus, if you are sincerely devoted to your work in this course, you may learn a lot about yourself and your priorities while you grow as a thinker and writer.

ENGH 302 H05 is recommended for Humanities majors.

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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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