Students also gain extensive experience with computers. All are necessary in this course. Students passing 1421 and 1423 with a C or better fulfill CLA's freshman composition requirement. Students will also conduct extensive research around issues raised in their work, or by experiences at the site, and will make extensive use of computers. Initially, we expect to offer one or two sections per quarter.
Instructors also make extensive use of small group work in a variety of ways.
For example, students meet together in groups to brainstorm for papers, to gather evidence, to review drafts, and to edit. Paper topics will depend on who is teaching the course, what model of the course they choose to work with, and what agencies they work with. Students are also expected to work on their writing outside of class. This work might range from collecting evidence for papers in the library or elsewhere, to writing and editing, to using email. The writing assignments in this course are designed to help students master the conventions of academic reading and writing.