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Tasha M Buttler
B CUSP 135
Bothell Campus
Strengthens performance of college-level argumentative writing and scholarly research, critical reading and thinking, and the critique and the creation of print and new media texts. Prerequisite: either B CUSP 101, B CUSP 114, or B CUSP 134.
Class description
We will be exploring what it means to research a topic at the university level, what resources there are at UWB to do that, and how to judge which resources are best for which sorts of inquiry. We will structure the beginning process by researching the political, economic, and social factors that have shaped Haiti's most recent, and finally-apparent disaster.Strengthens performance of college‐level argumentative writing and scholarly research, critical reading and thinking. Provides a forum to explore opportunities for civic engagement across disciplines. We will be using Tracey Kidder’s book Mountains Beyond Mountains. Students can then go on to select a different topic of research or continue using that model as groundwork.
Student learning goals
Critical Thinking
Close Reading
Quantitiative Analysis and Representation
Engaged discussions
General method of instruction
In class activities, discussion and critiques of readings, and seminaring.
Recommended preparation
Attentive Reading. We'll be examining politics of "development." Two of the texts we'll use are Mountains Beyond Mountains, and Chomsky, Farmer, and Goodman's Getting Haiti Right This Time.
Class assignments and grading
Short directed assignments, one revised 5-7 page paper that argues for a particular agenda, and one group presentation.
30% participation, 70% written assignments
