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COMPOSITION II - COM102/1 Spring 2020
Course
Anthony Marais
COM 102 develops the writing skills taught in COM 101: It hones the student’s ability to think critically and originally; consolidates their ability to make appropriate stylistic choices with regard to specific purpose, register and genre, and it reiterates the stages of the writing process. Moreover, COM 102 concentrates on developing the skills required to produce a substantial academic research paper. These include: critical reading and research, formulating and supporting a thesis, incorporating credible sources and properly employing citation and bibliographic techniques.
Here is the course outline:
1. Rhetoric
Feb 17
Concision, Prewriting, Citation Styles, Prototype Semantics, Isocrates’ Didactic Approach, “Bullshit” in academic writing |
2. Analytical Reading
Feb 24
Text analysis, In-Text Citations, Thesis Statements vs. Claims, Academic Ethos |
3. Prewriting
Mar 2
Drafting an Extended Outline, Film Screening (to be announced) |
4. Locating and Evaluating Sources
Mar 9
Online Databases, Boolean Operators, Types of Research, Peer Review |
5. Information Literacy
Mar 16
Online Databases, The CRAAP Test, The Academy of Sciences Library |
6. Referencing
Mar 23
Quoting, Text Analysis, Compiling a List of References |
7. Selecting a Topic/Formulating a thesis
Mar 30
Thesis Statements, Text Analysis |
8. Plagiarism
Apr 20
Types of Plagiarism, Read articles on Schavan and zu Guttenberg, Paraphrasing |
9. Outlining
Apr 27
Aphorisms about Conciseness, Citation Styles, Quotations, Editing Exercise |
10. Formatting
May 4
Examining Sample Papers, Formatting, Long Quotations |
11. Editing
May 11
Final Paper Checklist, Editing Exercise, Peer Review |
12. Peer Review
May 18
Hyphens-Italics-Capitals, In-Class Peer Evaluation |
13. Presenting and Defending
May 25
Presentation and Defense of Research Papers |