Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2014

     

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FWIS 194 001 (CRN: 22913)

HIST OF THE END OF THE WORLD

Long Title: THE HISTORY OF THE END OF THE WORLD
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Wright, Benjamin G.
Meeting: 1:00PM - 3:59PM W (13-JAN-2014 - 25-APR-2014) 
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 14
Enrollment data as of: 10-MAY-2024 3:56AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: No Final Exam
 
Description: This course explores understandings of the apocalypse in world history. Students will produce a collaborative website featuring timelines, Tumblr archives, Wikipedia historiographies, and Prezis. Reading topics range from Mayan prophecy to zombie fiction. We focus on six key writing skills - mastery of grammar, concision, argument, structure, synthesis, and rewriting.