Your goal will be learning how to write an effective argument. My goal as your instructor is to acquaint you with various strategies for developing argumentative essays, to guide you through the process of an inquiry and assessment casebook, to familiarize you with research tools available in the library, and to encourage you towards a more fluent style of writing. As a result of this course, your ability to analyze what you read and express you own ideas in writing will improve. Casebook topics will address a controversial issue that interests you, and you will be strongly encouraged to publish your casebook on a Web page of your own construction.
Papers are due at the beginning of class on the day specified on the syllabus.
Attendance is important, since many of the skills you will be learning in this class cannot be simply read in a book. Absence will hurt your grade unless you tell me ahead of time. More on this soon. Thesis and Structure. Work is a Sham.