Writing, Research & Information Literacy

Catalog description

This course provides a foundation for written and oral communication to different audiences. The course focuses on reading comprehension, the mechanics of writing, the writing process, the research process, and speaking across academic genres via a critical information literacy lens. Candidates are introduced to information and library research and the academic expectations for college-level composition and discourse. To strengthen knowledge and skills in the fundamentals of writing, candidates will develop a deeper understanding of grammar and mechanics, including structural relationships and word choice. Candidates learn to recognize and interpret information from various perspectives, develop a search strategy, find and evaluate resources, synthesize and integrate the information they find, and use outside resources ethically by citing sources that reflect a diversity of thought. Candidates will learn to recognize authority in research, question the text, interrogate power and privilege in information, and understand their own role not only as consumers of information but also as contributors to scholarship. GE Categories: Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning, Development, Education, and Pedagogy Prerequisite: CAS 50