Learning outcomes: Principles of Writing ENG 112

• To realize that writing is empowering
• To accept that writing needs perseverance
• To understand that an academic paper needs to contain both the student's own voice and a critical presentation of the ideas and thoughts of other writers
• To understand that plagiarism in all its forms is totally unacceptable

 

• To use a range of pre-writing strategies to explore a subject prior to deciding upon a research topic.
• To articulate a self-selected topic as a highly focused, specific research question.
• To use a range of techniques to assess the viability of a research question.
• To compile an annotated working bibliography of appropriate range and length.

 

• To access, interrogate and critically engage: library catalogues; electronic databases; and appropriate Internet search engines and information gateways, to find books, periodicals and other sources of information.
• To read texts critically, using sources to directly develop a research question and to support an argument.
• To use a wide range of both primary and secondary sources and understand their role in research and argument.
• To evaluate any information resource, regardless of format, for accuracy, lack of bias, relevance, authority and currency.
• To demonstrate effective record-keeping including appropriate note-taking techniques which critically engage sources.

 

• To structure an argument appropriate for an argumentative/position research paper, which both communicates and supports a thesis.
• To understand the interplay between rhetoric, logic and evidence in the creation of an effectively written argumentative research paper, and implement all three elements appropriately.
• To design a plan for a literature review/hypothesis research paper.
• To cite all sources according to MLA, APA or other style sheets as required with due regard to the University's guidelines on academic honesty and copyright issues.

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