Writing for Impact

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the conventions of academic reading and writing. Starting with the assumption that good reading skills are vital to good writing, students learn to read carefully, developing strategies for understanding authors’ assertions, perspective, and inferences. Responding critically to the texts that they have first learned to read closely, students then build their own arguments. In support of these arguments, students learn to write essays that are well-organized, free from unexamined assumptions or biases, and follow the conventions of academic English. Students also gain the capacity to integrate texts written by others into their essays, demonstrating their awareness of debates surrounding their topic and their ability to ethically cite the thinking of others. In order to register for this course, the student must be an active member of the Global College Student Group.