Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2017
FWIS 116 001 (CRN: 16509)
AMERICAN JOURNEYS
Long Title: AMERICAN JOURNEYS
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Hall, Randal
Meeting: 2:30PM - 5:20PM T HUM 328 (21-AUG-2017 - 1-DEC-2017)
Session: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 1-OCT-2023 2:28PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
13-DEC-2017
9:00AM - 12:00PM W TBA TBA
Description: The narratives of travelers in the US are a window into history. Drawing on authors like Crevecoeur, Tocqueville, Trollope, and Kerouac, the class will discuss and write about themes such as Indian life and territorial expansion, democracy, slavery, civil war, western settlement, and 20th-cent. social movements. This course is eligible for credit toward the major in History.