Issues in higher education

 
 

In this course, we will discuss and write about a wide variety of topics relevant to the subject of higher education.  We will begin by examining various philosophies of education, thinking about the role of colleges and universities in our society.  Since this is itself a writing course at a university, we will consider our own continuing relationship to these institutions of higher learning, with a particular emphasis on issues of authorship and intellectual property.  

          Over the course of the semester, we will also look at various literary works (films, novels, stories, essays, etc.) that explore the subject of higher education.  This will be a seminar-style course, where the students and student writing help determine the trajectory of our class from day to day.  

 

course details

WRTG 3020, Sec. 050

Topics in Writing: Issues in Higher Education

DUAN G2B60

MW 4:30 - 5:45

Instructor

Jesse Stommel (e-mail)

Office Hours

MW 1:30 - 3:00 in ENVD 1B62C or by appointment


required texts

Publish and Perish:  Three Tales of Tenure and Terror

by James Hynes

The Cheese Monkeys:  A Novel in Two Semesters

by Chip Kidd


required films

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Dir. Gus Van Sant

Wonder Boys (1999)          Dir. Curtis Hanson

High School (1968)             Dir. Frederick Wiseman


Major projects

Narrative Essay

Analytical Essay

  1. -Close Analysis

Multimedia Essay

  1. -Storyboard

  2. -Annotated Bibliography

  3. -Argumentative Essay

“A class is also a process, an independent organism with its own goals and dynamics.  It is always something more than even the most imaginative lesson plan can predict.” 

                            ~ Thomas P. Kasulis