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English 50 is a three-credit course that requires students to explore a single theme from the point of view of more then one discipline. Students spend the early part of the semester learning to define terms and articulate specific positions using evidence to support their claims. By semester’s end, English 50 students should demonstrate both fluency and competence with Standard English in their finished papers, and they should be able to recognize the shortcomings of their earlier drafts. Most importantly, the papers should show the writer’s ability to take a position and order an argument to support that position. Having student critique each other’s writing enlarges the audience for the writer, fosters students learning from each other, and provides opportunities for critical reading in a venue other than assigned readings. This course also emphasizes research, and the evaluation of source materials.
R050 is the same as English 50 except that the
readings focus on the study of race.
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