Writing 100 Thinking and Writing (Fall 2006)

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Writing 100: Thinking and Writing
(Fall 2006)
Course Information
Section: WRT 100P
Day and Time: MWF 11:15 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Location: VINI 109
Course Web Site: http://www.karper-crain.net/courses/wrt100fall06/
Instructor Information
Instructor: Dr. Erin Karper
Email: ekarper@niagara.edu
AIM: ProfKarper
Office: Dunleavy 350
Phone: 286-8631
Office Hours: MWF 12:30p.m.-2:30 p.m., other times by
appointment
Course Description
“A one-semester freshman course on a variety of topics teaches writing as a means of acquiring, as well as
expressing, ideas. Students examine essay components as a way of developing and refining their own ideas;
write multiple-draft summary, analysis, argument, and research papers; and learn how to avoid plagiarism.”
(Undergraduate Catalog, p. 83)
Course Goals
As one of the foundation courses in the general education curriculum at Niagara, Writing 100 helps you
learn how to develop critical thinking, information literacy, and written communication skills. In this
course, as well as in other general education courses, you will learn how to:
?seek knowledge and truth by weighing evidence, evaluating facts and ideas critically, and thinking
independently
?analyze a problem
?conduct appropriate…