ENGL - 102 - 202130 Spring 2021
C 2020-21 Form 335 Update
Form 335 Update
Effective Term:* 202130 Spring 2021
Department:* English Department
Subject Code:* ENGL Course Number:* 102
Shortened Course Title: English Composition II
Official Course Title:* English Composition II
Areas Updated:* Learning Outcomes Sequence of Instruction Textbooks/Required Materials Blended F2F Ratios Course Assessment Methods Maximum Enrollments
Justification for Proposal:* Updated textbooks for currency.
Digital Description
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0
Lecture Pay Hours: 3
Lab Pay Hours: 0
Catalog Description/ Prerequisite/ Co-requisites: Focuses on expository and argument writing. Students develop advanced reading, critical thinking, and writing skills as they analyze and build arguments in various forms, using research as the basis for developing their own arguments. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 with a grade of C or higher and completion of ENGL 003, 007, or 057 with a grade of C or higher, or its equivalent.
Learning Outcomes: Read critically to summarize and evaluate an author’s position, purpose, tone, audience, and style Recognize fallacious and/or misleading arguments Conduct research to locate sources appropriate for the assignment Synthesize information from academic sources Employ effective rhetorical strategies in an argument Draw conclusions consistent with the claim and evidence presented in arguments Write at a level of advanced thought, diction, and style Use an accepted academic format and documentation style
/ Planned Sequence of Instruction: English 102 consists of four to eight writing assignments. A single assignment typically includes:
instructor’s presentation/explanation of assignment reading and class discussion of assigned material.Later assignments inthe course typically require more independent reading and research by students. writing of initial drafts.Consultation with instructor, or group sessions in class to revise drafts. possible consultation or group work to revise second drafts. grading of assignments by instructor possible further revision of selected assignments in the preparation of a final portfolio of work for the course
/ Required Materials: Faculty Textbooks:
Aaron, Jane E. LB Brief. Latest edition. New York: Pearson Longman.
Aaron, Jane. Little Brown Compact Handbook (with MyCompLab). Latest edition. Longman.
Angus, Douglas. ed. The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age. 1962. Greenwich CT: Fawcett Premier.
Aristophanes. Lysistrata and Other Plays. Latest edition. Translator Alan H. Sommerstein. Penguin
Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. Latest edition. Anchor Books.
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale Latest edition. Anchor Books.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Windup Girl. Latest edition. New York: Night Shade Books
Barnet, Sylvan and Hugo Bedau. Current Issues and Enduring Questions. Latest edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins.
Bartlett, Bruce. The Truth Matters. A Citizen’s Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in it’s Tracks. 2017. Ten Speed Press.
Blackwell, Andrew. Visit Sunny Chernobyl and Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places. Latest edition. St. Martin's Press
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Latest edition. New York: Simon & Schuster
Clark, Carol Lea. Praxis: A Brief Rhetoric. Latest edition. Fountainhead Press.
Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me. 2015. Random House. ISBN# 978-1925240702
Cooper, Shelia and Rosemary Patton. Writing Logically, Thinking Critically. Latest edition. 2012. Boston: Pearson.
Cucinella, Catherine (editor). Funny. Fountainhead Press V Series
DeYoung, Jonathan. From Film to Page: How to Use Film Criticism to Make Your Writing Exceptional. Publisher is Kendall/Hunt.
DeYoung, Jonathan. iGrammar. Latest edition. Kendall/Hunt
Diamond, Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fall or Succeed. Latest edition. New York: Penguin (non-classics).
Egan, Jennifer. A Visit from the Good Squad. Latest edition. Knopf Publishing.
*Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Self-Reliance. Latest edition. (Google Scholar)
Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer. A Little Argument. Latest edition. Boston: Pearson.
Fussell, Paul. Class: A Guide through the American Status System. Latest edition. New York: Touchstone.
Gladwell, Malcolm. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants. 2013. Little Brown.
Gladwell, Malcom. Outliers: The Story of Success. 2011. Back Bay Books.
Graff, Gerald, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russell Durst. They Say/I Say with Readings. Latest edition. NY: W.W. Norton
Gray, Valerie. Avoiding Plagiarism: Communicating Your Message with Academic and Professional Integrity. 2012. Kendall Hunt: Dubuque, IA.
Greene, Brian. Elegant Universe. Latest edition. NY: Norton.
Hacker, Diane. A Pocket Style Manuel. Latest edition.
Hacker, Diane. A Writer’s Reference. Latest edition.
Hacker, Diana. Rules for Writers. Bedford/St. Martins.
*Hawks, John Twelve. The Traveler. Latest edition. Knopf Publishing.
Herbert, Frank. Dune. 1990. Ace Publisher.
Hosseini, Khaled. Kite Runner. Latest edition. New York: Penguin Books
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Latest edition.
Johnson, June. Global Issues, Local Arguments. Latest edition. New York: Longman Publishing.
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. Latest edition. NY: Bantam Classics.
Kennedy, Robert F. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Latest edition. Norton. / Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Latest edition. New York: Penguin Books.
King, Stephen. On writing. 2000. Scribner. ISBN: 978-0-684-85352-9
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air. Latest edition. Villard Books.
Latiff, Robert H. Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield. 2017. Knopf Doubleday. ISBN 978-1101947609
Lawn, Beverly. 40 Short Stories. Latest edition. Boston: Wadsworth
LeGuin, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darkness. Latest edition. Ace.
Lester, James D. and James D. Lester Jr. Writing Research Papers. Latest edition. NY: Pearson/Longman.
Lowery, Annie. Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World. 2019. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN9781524758776.
Lunsford, Andrea. Everything’s An Argument with Readings. Latest edition. Boston: Bedford/St Martins.
Mandel, Emily St. John. Station Eleven. 2015. New York: Vintage Books, Penguin Random House.
Marrs, Jim. Crossfire: The Plot that Killed Kennedy. Latest edition. Basic Books.
McCann, Colum. Let the Great World Spin. 2009. Random House.
McCann, Colum. TransAtlantic. 2014. Random House.
Mitchell, Stephen. Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation. 2000 Print. New York: Three Rivers Press.
O’Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. 1990. NY: Houghton Mifflin.
Moore, Thomas. The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life. 1997. New York: Harper Perennial. 0-06-017209-6.
Plato. Phaedrus. (trans. Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff). Latest edition. Indianapolis: Hackett.
Plato. Republic. Latest edition. NY: Barnes and Noble.
Plato. Symposium. Latest edition. Hackett
Plath, Sylvia. Ariel. Latest edition.
Postman, Neil. Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology. Latest edition. NY: Vintage Books
Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing. Latest edition. NY: Pearson Longman.
Ramage, John D. Writing Arguments 10th ed.
Ramage, John D. and John C. Bean and June Johnson. Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings. Latest edition. NY: Longman.
Rand, Ayn. Anthem. Latest edition. Demco Media
Rankine, Claudia. Citizen. 2014. Graywolf. ISBN: 978-1555976903
Saramago, Jose. *Blindness*
Schlib, John. Arguing About Literature: A Guide and Reader. Latest edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Seyler, Dorothy. Read, Reason, and Write. Latest edition.
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William. Othello. Latest edition. Washington Square Press
Shakespeare, William. Richard III.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Latest edition. Bantam Classics.
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Latest edition. Broadway Books.
Stewary, Rory. The Places in Between. Latest edition. Florida: Harvest Books
Tatum, Beverly Daniel. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: and Other Conversations about Race. 2003. New York: Basic Books.
Thompson-Cannino, Jennifer and Ronald Cotton. Picking Cotton. (ISBN: 978-0-312-59953-9)
*Thoreau, Harry David. Civil Disobedience. Latest edition. (Google Scholar).
Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano. Latest edition. Dial Press / Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughter-House-Five. Latest edition. New: Del Laurel.
Walpole, Horace. The Castle of Otranto. 3rd edition (Oxford UP); ISBN: 9780198704447
Warner, John. The Writer’s Practice. 2019. ISBN-10: 0143133152
Weiner, Eric. The Geography of Bliss. Twelve.
Weinstein, Alexander. Children of the New World. 2016. Picador. ISBN-13: 978-1250098993.
Weston, Anthony. A Rulebook for Argument, 5th edition. Hackett Publishing Company, 2018. ISBN 9781624666544
Wharton. Ethan From. Norton Critical Edition. Latest edition.
Winterson, Jeanette. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. 1985. Grove.
Winterson, Jeanette. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 2012. Grove.
Wood, Nancy. Perspectives on Argument. Latest edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Woodring, Karen. How Arguments Work: A Guide to Reading, Writing, and Analyzing Texts in College. Humanities Libretexts. Latest Version.
Wright, Richard. Black Boy. Latest edition. Harper Perennial Modern Classics Publishing
*Zamyatin, Yevgeny. We. Latest edition. Harper Collins.
*Denotes Honors
Selected Library Resources
Aaron, Janet E. Essential Handbook for Writers. Latest edition. New York: Longman
Type of Instruction #1: A Lecture Max Enrollment: 23
Type of Instruction #2: B50 Blended - 50/50 Max Enrollment: 23
Type of Instruction #3: BL Blended Max Enrollment: 23
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CIP Code Number: 231301 Occupational Course: Yes
/ Signatures for ENGL - 102 - 202130 Spring 2021
Status: Approved Originator
Christine Nowik 12/04/2020
Status: Approved Curriculum Manager/Catalog Editor
Erika Steenland 12/17/2020
Status: Approved Department Chair
Christine Nowik 12/17/2020
Status: Approved Associate Provost
Kathleen Doherty 01/08/2021
Status: Approved Provost/VP Academic Affairs
Cynthia Doherty 01/12/2021
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