English 102


English 102 is designed as a continuation of English 101. Specifically, we will examine and participate in scientific, professional, and humanities discourse(s), representing three of the major divisions in academe. Our focus this semester will be on “business,” in as far as “business” is defined as the structures and principles that govern a group of people and the written communications that connect them. What is the “business” of science? What is the “business” of a traditional liberal arts education that is grounded in humanistic inquiry? Where does “business” as a profession intersect with the academic disciplines of science and the humanities? Can we talk about “science” or “the humanities” as unified “enterprises”? These are a few of the questions that we will address through our writing and our feedback this semester.

You will write often and widely in our units on science, business, and the humanities. There are 9 total assignments in this class – 3 unit projects and 6 feeders, or smaller pieces designed to lay the groundwork for the unit projects. By writing in and across the disciplines, I hope to foster discussion about the types of knowledge embedded in our fields and the ways in which these epistemes might speak to the vexed intersection of academic and professional circles. We will build our ideas from general topics to specific research questions that, as well-articulated, cogent arguments, fill a gap in the current scholarship. Perhaps most importantly, we will do so as a group by giving each other the type of meaningful feedback that helps us to improve as writers and participants in academic communications.

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Syllabus
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Assignments & Draft Workshop Handouts
Unit 1
Unit 1 Assignment Sequence
Feeder 1 Draft Workshop Handout
Feeder 2 Draft Workshop Handout
Unit Project Draft Workshop Handout

Unit 2
Unit 2 Assignment Sequence
Feeder 2 Draft Workshop Handout: Résumés
Feeder 2 Draft Workshop Handout: Cover Letters

Unit 3
Unit 3 Assignment Sequence
Feeder 1 Draft Workshop Handout
Feeder 2 Draft Workshop Handout
Unit Project Draft Workshop Handout

Readings, Samples, and Models
Unit 1
Feeder 2 Sample Lit Review Breast Cancer
Feeder 2 Sample Lit Review Prenatal Care
Feeder 2 Sample Lit Review Prostate Cancer
Feeder 2 Sample Lit Review Heart Disease
UP Sample Grant Proposal Abstract Down Syndrome
UP Sample Grant Proposal Abstract Infant Brain Development
UP Sample Grant Proposal Abstract Public Health
UP Sample Grant Proposal Abstract HIV in Hickory NC
UP Sample Grant Proposal Abstract HIV in NC
Burch Fellows Model

Unit 2
University Career Services Home Page
Résumé Help from Career Services
Build A Résumé From Your Experience: Sample Exercise
Leia Résumé
Luke Résumé

Unit 3
College Tuition
Negotiating for College Tuition
Public vs. Private University Costs
Fundraising
Business School and the Marketplace
Graduation, Debt, and Public Responsibility
Politics and the University

Teaching Position
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