GE361 Writing and Critical Analysis [Onsite]

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1 GE361 Writing and Critical Analysis [Onsite] Curse Descriptin: This curse fcuses n using principles f critical thinking and lgic when respnding in writing. Students will respnd t written, ral and visual presentatins. Prerequisite(s) and/r Crequisite(s): Prerequisites: GE217 Cmpsitin II r equivalent Credit hurs: 4 Cntact hurs: 40 (40 Thery Hurs)

2 : Writing and Critical Analysis Instructr: Office hurs: Class hurs: Majr Instructinal Areas 1. Critical thinking in the reading and writing prcess 2. Research ppular culture using standard research techniques 3. Interpret nn-traditinal wrld texts 4. Write with clarity and intelligence using the writing prcess Curse Objectives 1: Interpret the wrld arund yu using a variety f traditinal and nn-traditinal texts. 2: Explain semitics, as it relates t public spaces and advertising. 3: Assess the relatinship between reading traditinal texts such as nvels, shrt stries, pems and ther less traditinal texts such as mvies, the Internet, art wrks and televisin. 4: Draw the relatinship between reading and writing, thinking and writing. 5: Explain hw writing abut the wrld can bring a deeper understanding. 6: Write with clarity and intelligence demnstrating the techniques f the writing prcess. 7: Draw yur wn cnclusins after cmparing tw r mre authr s wrks abut a specific tpic. 8: Research tpics related t ppular culture and write a research paper. ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

3 9: Describe the impact f technlgy n creating cultural differences. 10: Engage the wrld mre actively as citizens f the wrld. 11: Illustrate the relatinship between petry and culture. 12. Use the ITT Tech Virtual Library t research a tpic in ppular culture SCANS Objectives SCANS is an acrnym fr Secretary s Cmmissin n Achieving Necessary Skills. The cmmittee, created by the Natinal Secretary f Labr in the early 1990s, created a list f skills and cmpetencies that the cmmittee feels are necessary fr emplyees t functin in a high-tech jb market. 1. Persnally assess cmmunicatin skills and develp a persnal strategy fr cntinued imprvement. 2. Allcate time and energy in cmpleting prjects in a timely manner. 3. Exert a high level f effrt and persevere tward gal attainment. 4. Demnstrate the ability t utilize Standard English, apprpriate frmat, and lgical rder in practical writing. 5. Cmmunicate ideas t justify psitins and t persuade thers. 6. Acquire and evaluate relevant infrmatin, and rganize, maintain, analyze, interpret, cmmunicate, and use applicable infrmatin. 7. Develp and reinfrce critical reading skills. 8. Develp and reinfrce creative thinking prcesses. 9. Allcate duties f a small wrk team and institute a system t mnitr fr quality. 10. Participate cperatively as a team member, teaching, learning frm, and negtiating with diverse members making a cntributin t team success. Curse Outline ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

4 Unit 1 Intrducti n Activities Cntent Cvered: The Wrld is a Text: Intrductin, pp Writing Assignment 2 Essays and Research The Wrld is a Text: Part IV, Hw d I Get Inf n Sngs? Researching Ppular Culture Texts, pp Part V, Hw D I Knw a Gd Paper Lks Like? An Anntated Student Essay, pp Writing Assignment Assign Curse Prject 3 Petry The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 1, Reading and Writing Abut Petry, pp Writing Assignment 4 TV and Mvies The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 2, Reading and Writing Abut ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

5 Unit Activities Televisin, pp Chapter 5, Reading and Writing Abut Mvies, pp Writing Assignment 5 Art The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 7, Reading and Writing Abut Art, pp Writing Assignment 6 Music The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 10, Reading and Writing Abut Music, pp Writing Assignment 7 Public and Private Space The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 3, Reading and Writing Abut Public and Private Space, pp Writing Assignment 8 Advertisi ng The Wrld is a Text: ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

6 Unit Activities Chapter 8, Reading and Writing Abut Advertising, Jurnalism, and the Media, pp Writing Assignment 9 Technl gy The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 11, Reading and Writing Abut Technlgy, pp Writing Assignment 10 Race and Gender The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 4, Reading and Writing Abut Race and Ethnicity, pp Chapter 6, Reading and Writing Abut Gender, pp Writing Assignment 11 Relatin ships The Wrld is a Text: Chapter 9, Reading and Writing Abut Relatinships, pp Writing Assignment Submit Curse Prject ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

7 Please Nte: The Instructr will cver Cntent Cvered references in class. Students wh miss class will be respnsible fr the cntent and encuraged t read the material listed if they miss class. Readings indicate reading assigned and the instructr may r may nt cver all f the material. Instructinal Methds A variety f instructinal methds will be used t deliver the bjectives f this curse. Interactive class discussins and activities will assist yu in yur writing assignments. Writing exercises may be given in-class r as take-hme wrk. Writing assignments will be evaluated accrding t rubric included in the evaluatin sectin f this syllabus. There are tw prjects in this curse. One is a grup prject that yu will d in cnjunctin with 3-5 f yur peers. The secnd prject is an individual research prject. The cntent fr this curse uses traditinal readings, classrm activities and the wrld arund yu. Our gal is t cntinue t imprve yur analysis f literal text as well as intrduce the study f semitics. This curse assumes that yu have cmpleted tw previus cmpsitin curses and are therefre familiar with the writing prcess, analysis and critical thinking. Yu will use these skills in a brader text. Instructinal Materials and References Student Textbk Package Silverman, Jnathan. The Wrld Is A Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking Abut Culture and Its Cntexts, 2 nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Harris, Muriel. Prentice Hall Reference Guide, 7 th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

8 MyCmpLab ( fr remedial help. *If students have been issued the 6 th editin it may be used. References ITT Tech Virtual Library Lg n t the ITT Tech Virtual Library at t access nline bks, jurnals, and ther reference resurces selected t supprt ITT Tech curricula. Reference Resurces Yu may click Reference Resurces r use the Search functin n the hme page t find the fllwing reference resurces. >Grammar, Writing, Style >11 Rules f Writing >BibMe >Research and Dcumentatin Online >Surces: Their Use and Acknwledgement >Writing Guides Other References The fllwing resurces may be fund utside f the ITT Tech Virtual Library, whether nline r in hard cpy. Bks Alvessn, Mats. Understanding Organizatinal Culture. ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

9 Lndn, GBR: Sage Publicatins Ltd, Austen, Jake. TV a-g-g: Rck n TV frm American Bandstand t American Idl. Chicag, IL: Chicag Review Press, Incrprated, Berger, Martin A. Sight Unseen: Whiteness and American Visual Culture. Ewing, NJ: University f Califrnia Press, Bernardi, Daniel (Editr). Classic Hllywd, Classic Whiteness. Minneaplis, MN: University f Minnesta Press, Burtn, Graeme. Media and Sciety: Critical Perspectives. Berkshire, GBR: McGraw-Hill Educatin, Campbell, Gavin James. Music and the Making f a New Suth. Chapel Hill, NC: University f Nrth Carlina Press, Ching, Barbara. Wrng's What I D Best: Hard Cuntry Music and Cntemprary Culture. Cary, NC: Oxfrd University Press, Incrprated, Cllins, Lisa Gail. New Thughts n the Black Arts Mvement. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, Crrigan, Maureen. Leave Me Alne, I'm Finding and Lsing Myself in Bks. Westminster, MD: Randm Huse, Incrprated, ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

10 Gibbns, Jan. Art and Advertising. Lndn, GBR: I. B. Tauris & Cmpany, Limited, Gillespie, Marie. Televisin, Ethnicity, and Cultural Change. Flrence, KY, USA: Rutledge, Gray, Ann. Research Practice fr Cultural Studies: Ethngraphic Methds and Lived Cultures. Lndn, GBR: Sage Publicatins Ltd, Hanauer, David Ian. Petry and the Meaning f Life. Trnt, ON, CAN: Pippin Publishing Crpratin, Hart, Jeffrey A. Technlgy, Televisin, and Cmpetitin: The Plitics f Digital TV. West Nyack, NY: Cambridge University Press, Heller, Dana. Great American Makever : Televisin, Histry, Natin. Grdnsville, VA: Palgrave Macmillan, Higham, Jhn. Hanging Tgether: Unity and Diversity in American Culture. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, Hilliard, Rbert L. Media, Educatin and America's Cunter-Culture Revlutin: Lst and Fund Opprtunities fr Media Impact n Educatin, Gender, Race and the Arts. Westprt, CT: Greenwd Publishing Grup, Incrprated, Michael, Mike. Recnnecting Culture, Technlgy and Nature: Frm Sciety t Hetergeneity. Flrence, KY: Rutledge, ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

11 Mrgan, David. Visual Culture f American Religins. Ewing, NJ: University f Califrnia Press, Nye, David E. Technlgy Matters: Questins t Live With. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Plisetskaya, Maya. Imagining Native America in Music. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, Prter, Eric. What Is This Thing Called Jazz? Ewing, NJ: University f Califrnia Press, Ramsey, Guthrie P., Jr. Race Music: Black Cultures frm Bebp t Hip-Hp. Ewing, NJ: University f Califrnia Press, Schles, Rbert. Crafty Reader. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, Updike, Jhn. Still Lking: Essays n American Art. Westminster, MD: Alfred A. Knpf Incrprated, Williams, Linda Ruth. Cntemprary American Cinema. Berkshire, GBR: McGraw Hill Educatin, Wilsn, Chris (Editr). Everyday America: Cultural Landscape Studies after J. B. Jacksn. Ewing, NJ: University f Califrnia Press, Curse Evaluatin and Grading ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

12 Evaluatin Criteria Table The final grades will be based n the fllwing categries: CATEGORY WEIGHT Exercises 15% Writing Assignments 30% Individual Prject Paper 35% Grup Prject 20% Ttal 100% Grade Cnversin Table The final grades will be calculated frm the percentages earned in the curse, as fllws: A % 4.0 B % 3.5 B 80 84% 3.0 C % 2.5 C 70 74% 2.0 D % 1.5 D 60 64% 1.0 F <60% 0.0 ITT Educatinal Services, Inc. Date: 4/4/2008

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