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Spring 2013
Department of English
English 132 ONLINE
Section 501 and 503
Critical Analysis, Argumentation, and Research Writing
Online/D2L

Instructor: Dr. Sue B. Whatley

Office: LAN 259 Ph.:468-2031; e-mail swhatley@sfasu.edu

Office Hrs in LAN 259:
T 8:00-10:00 a.m. LAN 259
W 9:00-11:00 a.m. ONLINE ONLY
Th. 12:00 2:00 p.m. LAN 259
OR by appointmentClass Schedule: ENG. 132.501 ONLINE COURSE
ENG. 132.503 ONLINE COURSE (This course will also meet online
in the 501 section.)
ENG. 381.590 ONLINE COURSE

English 132CHATS: Wednesdays @ 2-2:45 p.m.
(Can be made up in the discussion board, if you can’t attend the live chat.)

Fox, Nancy, Elizabeth Tasker. Lumberjacks Write. 4th Edition.
Nacogdoches, Tx., 2011.

Faigley, Lester. The Little Penguin Handbook. Third Edition.
New York: Pearson, 2012. ISBN13:978-0-205-21134-0

Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. Writing Arguments: ARhetoric with
Readings. 9th Brief Edition. New York: Pearson/Longman, 200. 433pp.
ISBN: 978-0-205-66576-1 (Brief Eight Edition will do, but pagination will
differ.)

Additional reading materials for the class will be provided by the instructor.

Students who have passed English 131 or its equivalent with a “C” or better and who are entering English 132 should:* be able to formulate a thesis statement.
* understand the meaning and relationship of claim, evidence, and analysis.
* know and apply the concepts of the rhetorical situation (speaker, audience,
* purpose, message, context) and the rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos).
* understand what makes a unified and coherent paragraph and be able to write one.
* producemechanically sound essays with only minor grammatical, punctuation,
and spelling errors.
* understand what constitutes plagiarism
* be proficient in MLA basics: page formatting, quotation, citation, and Works
Cited lists.

Course Description: English 132 covers all aspects of writing concerning critical analysis, argumentation, and research/reports. The 132 studentwill gather, read, summarize, and synthesize--in general utilize--information from various sources about given contemporary topics; students will then incorporate this information into literate, rhetorically-controlled responses (essays and research papers) which indicate their awareness of varying audiences. Students will develop the ability to identify and analyze various genres of literature(non-fiction, fiction, poetry, etc.) in terms of content, development, mechanics, and style as well as their historical, sociological, and psychological influences. Students will develop the ability to incorporate both primary and secondary sources in their writing and correctly document those sources according to MLA guidelines; they will also become aware of other documentation methods.Student/Teacher conferences form a part of the writing instruction process.
For the semester, the total number of pages written by each student must exceed 20 pages.

These are the Texas Higher Education Board Exemplary Educational Objectives for Communication Courses:
Communication EEO 1: To understand and demonstrate writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting,revision, editing, and presentation.
Communication EEO 2: To understand the importance of specifying audience and purpose and to select appropriate communication choices..
Communication EEO 4: To participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding.
Communication EEO 5: To understand and apply basic principles of critical thinking, problem...