Course Description

English 305w: Writing in Disciplinary Communities
TTH 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
LA 208

Office Hours:
T, 12:30-1:30 (LA 305)
TH, 1-3 (LA 305)
And by appointment

This course meets the Liberal Studies junior-level writing requirement at Northern Arizona University. It is designed to cover principles of writing, and not specific disciplinary conventions. Students will be exposed to several writing conventions grounded in rhetorical principles. These writing principles are found across the disciplines. Students are encouraged and expected to make connections to their disciplinary writing conventions. Students are also expected to participate with their learning by researching and inquiring about their discipline's specific writing expectations with their professors.

This course is a hybrid delivery. The class meets 3/4 of the time in a face-to-face setting. There are times, however, when students are expected to complete coursework online via the Engilsh 305w WebCT shell. The course will open on January 18th, 2006.

All writing assignments, module lectures, some exercises, and some discussions are located in the WebCT course shell. The Syllabus is online. There is a calendar with paper due dates in WebCT as well. If a student is unfamiliar with WebCT, then the student is expected to make an appointment with Dr. Barron during her office hours.

Tardiness and absences exceeding 3 class days (equivalent to 1.5 weeks) will lower the overall course grade significantly.