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Teaching Writing at LaGuardia


Spring 2022 Syllabus Updates

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Reminders that as we head into a new semester, that in addition to the usual information, you should include the following on your syllabus:

1. Your contact information

2. Mode of instruction

3. Course learning objectives (course proposals can be found on our SharePoint site)

4. Pathways SLOs for the Pathways category of the course you are teaching (see below)

5. For ENG099, ENA101, ENG101, indicate that no incompletes are allowed 

6. Grade breakdowns

Pathways Student Learning Objectives (for ENA 101, ENG 101, and ENG 102 courses):

  • Read and listen critically and analytically, including identifying an argument’s major assumptions and assertions and evaluating its supporting evidence.
  • Write clearly and coherently in varied, academic formats (such as formal essays, research papers, and reports) using standard English and appropriate technology to critique and improve one’s own and others’ texts.
  • Demonstrate research skills using appropriate technology, including gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing primary and secondary sources.
  • Support a thesis with well-reasoned arguments, and communicate persuasively across a variety of contexts, purposes, audiences, and media.
  • Formulate original ideas and relate them to the ideas of others by employing the conventions of ethical attribution and citation.​
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