In my classes, I apply my project management background–having scheduled, tracked and lead projects and product acquisitions for the U.S. government for fifteen years–to effectively schedule out the semester with the building blocks of key milestones (draft “deliverables”), with short assignments due throughout the drafting of each project to build the project in “chunks” to improve the quality and enjoyment of coursework. These syllabi and schedules illustrate what my (winter 2018) students told an independent researcher from Wayne State’s Office of Teaching and Learning:
There is a “nice pace of the coursework.”
“The instructor allows us to go at our own pace.”
“We have 1 on 1 meetings that are really helpful.”
“We like that she meets with us separately to review projects.”
English Literature after 1700 [ENG 3120]
Through a survey of the major literary movements of the British Empire during the past three-plus centuries, we will examine what happened as the inhabitants of a small island nation began to explore and write about the larger world: encountering difference, colonizing “new” lands, trading in bodies, developing industries, making war, and finally, becoming the complex and diverse country it is today. In tracing this circuitous path through the years, we will use a historical approach to understand literature in the context in which it was written, exploring our texts’ evolving and overlapping ideas about gender, sexuality, race, class, education, freedom, the self and its boundaries, travel, nature, and urban life.
Course outcomes. By the end of the course, successful students should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of relevant historical and cultural contexts, including literary movements, major social trends, significant political events, and canonicity; identify and analyze relevant genres and forms; understand and practice the skill of close textual reading; acquire and employ a basic vocabulary of literary and critical terms; practice comparative analysis of two or more works; write a clear, persuasive, and argumentative essay interpreting one or more works of literature, using appropriate quotation and citation.
Syllabus & Schedule
ENG3120_English-literature-after-1700_Fall2020Course Requirements/Project Descriptions
ENG3120_Requirements_Fall2020Technical Communication 1: Reports [ENG 3050]
ENG 3050 prepares students for reading, researching, writing, and designing technical documents. While some technical writing addresses a general audience (e.g., instructions), technical documents are often written for multiple audiences with different specializations (e.g., technical reports for executives and implementers). Technical documents incorporate both textual (writing) and visual (graphics, illustrations, etc.) elements of design.
Syllabus
Syllabus_ENG3050_2019-WINSchedule
Schedule_2019-WIN-Sheet1Technical Communication 2: Presentations [ENG 3060]
ENG 3060 prepares students for researching and developing technical proposals and presentations as members of collaborative writing teams. Technical proposals are a central genre in the workplace, often developed collaboratively and delivered in presentation form to multiple audiences. Research-based technical presentation incorporate both textual (written information) and visual (graphics, illustrations, etc.) elements of design, often in digital environments (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi, wikis, etc.). The main goals of the course are (1) to teach students to consider the audience(s) and purpose(s) in developing proposals and presentations as members of collaborative teams; (2) to teach students presentation delivery skills; (3) to integrate research, design, and writing in the effective development of technical presentations, including text, slides, visuals, format, and mechanics; and (4) to work with current technologies for technical proposal and presentation design.
Syllabus & Schedule
Syllabus_ENG3060_1906_901_PlanteIntroduction to College Writing [ENG 1020]
English 1020 builds upon students’ diverse skills, preparing you for reading, research, and writing in college classes. In this class, students learn how to: Consider the rhetorical situation of any piece of writing; Integrate reading, research, and writing into the academic genres of analysis and argument; Develop analyses and arguments using research-based content, effective organization, and appropriate expression and mechanics. To achieve the above goals, ENG 1020 emphasizes: The relationship between reading and writing; Developing and evaluating information and ideas through research; The genres of analysis and argumentation; The use of multiple technologies for research and writing.