This syllabus explores multiple controversies in several different kinds of texts (journalism, fiction, Op-eds, research, and so on). The selected topics are ones that might be interesting and engaging to first year students on campus.
Attached is a syllabus for a FYW 150 course structured around a controversy on a single theme, and asks students to engage popular, trade, and academic texts. The paper sequence described in the syllabus is Map stakeholders and core positions Continue reading
For a FYW150 course using the “controversy” model, a good early paper asks students to construct a “map” of different stakeholder views in a controversy. Challenges FYW students tend to encounter are Creating a main theme: so the paper goes beyond flat summary Continue reading
