2.8. JANUARY .1a83......................... 

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at 

its meeting of January 25th, 1983, gives rise to the following motion:- 

MOTION: "That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors, as set forth In S.83-30, the 

proposed new course ENGL 210-3 Composition" 

Subject to approval of the course by Senate and the Board of Governors 

SCTJS approved waiver of the normal two semester time lag requirement 

in order that the course may be offered in Summer 83-2. 

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The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at its meeting of December 

9, 1982 passed the following motion: 

That the Faculty 

Arts Curriculum Committee approves 

ENGE 210-3 Composition, for permanent inclusion in the 

Calendar. 

Would you please place this item on the SCUS agenda. 

Thank you. 

S. Roberts 

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Dr.

Charles Hamilton, Chairman 

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Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committe 

Proposal: English 210 

English Dept. Undergraduate 

CUVrICulUfli ? 

Nor' 1982 

Kindly put the enclosed new course proposal on the agenda of the next 

meeting of the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee. 

Since we have been unable to staff and offer English 010, the 

Department has increased formal writing instruction at the 100 level 

by adding a writing lab component to English 101, 102, 103, 104. 

However students who wish to take a course which pursues an investi- 

gation of writing further, presently cannot do so until they reach 

upper level work. The proposed course would allow students to take 

a writing course at the 200 level. 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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Department 

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ENGLISH 

Abbreviation Code: ENGL 

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Course Number: _210 

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Credit Hours: 3 Vector: 120 

Title of Course: 

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COMPOSITION 

Calendar Description of Course: 

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The study and practice of expository writing. 

The course examines aspects and examples of writing and relates them to the 

student's composition. 

Nature of Course Lecture/Tutorial 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

Same as all 200 level courses: credit or standing in any two of Engl. 101, 102, 103, 104. 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

None 

2. Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? 

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At least once in every three semesters. 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 

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83 - 2 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? ? 

Coe, Candelaria, Kearns, S. Delany 

3.Objectives of the Course 

. The course is intended to be a lower level parallel to the upper level course English 

371, Advanced Composition. Both courses are concerned with the study and practice of 

writing, although English 210 will have less emphasis on theories of composition. It 

will offer students, who have already had writing instruction in the 100 courses, fur- 

ther composition instruction at the lower level. 

4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty present 

Staff ? 

none 

Library report to be attached 

Audio Visual none 

Space ? 

none 

Equipment 

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none 

5. Approval 

Date: 

Department Chairman 

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Chairman, SCUS 

73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

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course outline). 

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SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE 

English 210: Composition 

The study and practice of expository writing. The course examines aspects and 

examples of writing and relates them to the student's composition. 

Weeks ? 

1- 2 ? 

Introduction and review of mechanics (sentence structure, 

punctuation) 

Weeks 

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3- 6 ? 

Forms: 1) Introductions, focusing on a thesis, methods 

of development, conclusions 

2) Paragraphing, transitions, devices for coherence 

and variety 

Weeks ? 

7-10 ? 

Style: Purpose: the different types of essays 

Persuasion: influence on style, organization and 

method of argumentation 

Objectivity and Subjectivity 

Audience 

Tone 

Weeks 11-13 ? 

Types of research papers and reports 

Format 

Library access 

Procedures for different disciplines 

Course Requirements: 

6 five-page essays, 3 of which are revisions 

1 seven - ten page essay 

Required Reading: 

1)

Essay anthology: The Norton Sampler 

2) Handbook: ? 

Writing: A College Handbook 

Mimeographed examples of students' essays will also be 

discussed in class. 

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English 210 - Composition 

Sample Course Outline cont'd 

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Suggested Additional Readings: 

Rhetoric and Composition 

Coe. Form and Substance: An Advanced Rhetoric 

Cooper and Odell, eds. Research on Composing 

Dixon. Rhetoric 

Elbow. Writing without Teachers 

Graves and Hodge. The Reader over your Shoulder 

Winterowd. Rhetoric and Writin 

Rhetoric, A Synthesis 

Anthologies 

Chambers and King. A Book 

Delany. Counter Tradition 

Gross. The Examined Life: 

Hall and Emblen. A Writer 

Kermode and Poirier. The 

New and Messenger. Active 

of Essays 

Four Centuries of the Essa 

's Reader 

Dxford Reader 

Voice 

Charles .1acDona1d 

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Sheila Roberts 

Secretary, Faculty of Arts 

Associate Librarian 

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Currisuluin Committee 

New Course Proposal - English Dept. 

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December 2, 1982 

The attached new course is being proposed by the Department of English: 

ENGL 210-3 Composition 

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I am sending 

ibe:oo)&rae 

outline to you so that you can have the appropriate 

area of the Library assess whether the collection is strong enough for 

adequate support for this course. As the course will usually not be con- 

sidered by SCIJS until the Library report is in hand, I would appreciate 

hearing from you as soon as possible.. 

Thank you. 

S. Roberts 

Attachment 

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Janet BlanChet, 

InterdisciPlina 

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Studios 

Stan Kanehara, 

Education 

Debbie Walker, Business Administration 

Pablo 

Dobud, Science 

New Course Proposal - English Dept. 

Sheila Roberts, Secretary 

Faculty of Arts 

Curriculum Committee 

December 2, 1982 

The attached new course has been received by our office for considera- 

tion 

by the Faculty of Arts Curri.culum Committee. Would you please examine 

it in 

terms of overlap and contact me if anyone of your faculty has any 

concerns regarding this course. 

ENGL 210-3 CompositiOn.. 

S. Roberts 

Attachment 

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