EN 102 Course Goals and Related Objectives
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EN 102 Outcomes
Goal #1
Students will understand the elements of formal argumentation and the differences between Aristotelian, Rogerian, and post-modern argumentation.
Related Objectives
• Practice writing the Aristotelian elements of argumentation, such as premises, deduction, logos, pathos, and ethos.
• Practice writing Toulmin and post-modern elements of argumentation, such as claims, warrants/assumptions, and reasons.
• Practice writing Rogerian elements of argumentation, such as negotiating and finding common ground.
• Analyze readings to determine effective or ineffective argumentation strategies.
• Respond to the opposition in each mode of argumentation (Aristotelian, Rogerian, post-modern).
Goal #2
Students
will apply the principles of formal argumentation in writing and understand that
various disciplines apply these principles in different ways. Related Objectives
• Create an arguable thesis statement and support it with relevant claims and evidence.
• Develop an argument that answers a research question and subsequently establishes an original position in the debate surrounding the topic.
• Learn to recognize and avoid logical fallacies.
Goal #3
Students will learn to locate source material both in the library and online, read and evaluate this material critically, analyze and summarize points of view and assumptions, and synthesize sources in order to write extended papers incorporating source material.
Related Objectives
• Understand the wealth of resources available in Gorgas Library and other libraries.
• Become familiar with and effectively use electronic databases.
• Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources and be able to use both.
• Learn to distinguish academic/scholarly sources from general/popular sources.
• Evaluate the credibility and reliability of all sources and the strengths and weaknesses of opinions contained in those sources.
• Practice successful note-taking strategies that also record full reference information.
Goal #4
Students will understand that citation formats vary from discipline to discipline and be able to use at least one of them correctly.
Related Objectives
• Analyze, compare, and contrast at least two major citation formats.
• Accurately format a piece of writing using one of the learned citation formats.
Goal #5
Students will understand ethical academic research, including the appropriate use of paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting from sources.
Related Objectives
• Analyze how research texts incorporate direct quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
• Practice the correct format for inserting short quotations and for setting off longer block quotations.
• Integrate quotations smoothly using signal phrases and correct punctuation, including quotation marks, ellipsis marks, and brackets.
• Cite summaries, paraphrases, and quotations correctly.
• Document sources correctly in a Works Cited page or Bibliography.
