2024 Fall

COLWRIT R4B 014 - SEM 014

Reading, Composition, and Research

Perspectives on Immigration in 2024

Jordan A Ruyle

Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024

Mo, We, Fr

12:00 pm - 12:59 pm

Dwinelle 89

Class #:23015

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through College Writing Programs

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 17

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 17

Waitlist Max: 5

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.

Final Exam

FRI, DECEMBER 20TH

11:30 am - 02:30 pm

Dwinelle 89

Other classes by Jordan A Ruyle

A lecture/seminar satisfying the second half of the Reading & Composition requirement, R4B offers structured and sustained practice in the processes used in reading, critical analysis, and writing. Students engage with thematically-related materials from a range of genres and media. In response, they craft short pieces leading to longer expository and/or argumentative essays. Students develop a research question, draft a research essay, gather, evaluate, and synthesize information from various sources. Elements of the research process--a proposal, an annotated bibliography, an abstract, a works cited list, etc.--are submitted with the final report in a research portfolio. Students write a minimum of 32 pages of prose.

Class Description

The aim of this course is to develop your aptitude for critical thinking and inquiry, strengthening these practices through your writing. While we read and discuss specific subtopics related to the course theme, Immigration, we will keep broader questions at the forefront of our conversations: How is culture affected by migration? What do we learn when we explore our cultural, immigration, and personal histories? What does it mean to have a society made up of immigrants? What do we learn when we examine immigration through a race, class or gender lens?

Class Notes

Enrollment is restricted to students who have satisfied the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. This course satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.

Rules & Requirements

Requisites

Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English.
Students must satisfy the ELWR in order to enroll in this class.