PWR 2 Course Description Template
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Please note: the portions in bold (assignment titles and requirements) need to be reproduced verbatim in your course description. Course descriptions must be no more than 3500 characters in length, including spaces. Title: [Insert your title here - it can be no more than 100 characters long.] Description: [Aim to write 2-3 paragraphs here. This section should include an opening hook, concrete examples, and a discussion of the relationship between student writing, presentation, rhetoric, and course theme. Try to include examples of specific problems, topics, or issues to help students from a range of disciplines imagine the work they might do in the course.] Examples of research topics. [Include a version of the following language and then list possible topics. Sample topics should be listed here rather than embedded in the assignment descriptions below] For this course, you will engage in a quarter-long in-depth research project. Sample research topics you might pursue [insert here] PWR 2 Assignment Sequence Research Proposal (5-minute live oral presentation; written text of 900-1200 words; reflective memo of 250 words): [Describe the assignment and its main goal or purpose as well as specific projects or activities associated with the assignment.] Written Research-Based Argument (3000-3600 words; 10-12 pages; reflective memo of 250 words): [Describe the assignment and its main goal or purpose as well as any specific projects or activities associated with the assignment.] Research Presentation (10-minute live oral presentation with appropriate multimedia support; reflective memo of 250 words): [Describe the assignment and its main goal or purpose as well as any specific activities associated with the assignment.] Genre/Modes assignment (insert here appropriate word count or presentation/text length): [Describe the assignment and its main goal or purpose as well as any specific or projects or activities associated with the assignment.] [Optional: a “Notes” section including additions such as unique course activities, field trips, visitors, particular methods or tasks.] |