Handouts and brochures are available, and librarians are happy to assist you in designing a library assignment for your class or creating a list of recommended resources. To arrange individual class sessions led by a librarian, call 777-8173. Again, if you want to take your class to the library early in the semester, make reservations as quickly as possible. Unless an experienced instructor receives special permission from the Director of Graduate Studies, he or she will be expected to teach two courses in the Fall and one in the Spring. Two sample syllabi are included in The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook , a publication that will be handed out to all First Year English instructors at orientation in August.
Most experienced instructors are willing to share copies of their syllabi as well.
For purposes of continuity, instructors taking English 701A and B will be required to use standard texts chosen by the First Year English Committee. After completing these courses, instructors may choose their own course texts for English 101 and 102. The First Year English Office strongly encourages all instructors to require a handbook that covers researching essay topics, avoiding plagiarism, and citing and documenting sources. 3-credit theory, pedagogy, and training courses. All graduate instructors will be given a mailbox on the first floor of the Humanities Office Building, also called the Welsh Humanities Building.