Syllabus

Introduction

Course Structure

Course Components and Evaluation

Unit IV Competencies

Academic Policies and Information

Writing Assignments

Student Resources and Support Services

Books and Readings

Brief Descriptions and of Major Assignments

Course Schedule

 

 

Books and Readings

  • Bloom, Lynn Z. and Louise Z. Smith.  The Arlington Reader:  Canons and Contexts.  Boston, MA:  Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, 2003.*  (AR)

  • Douglass, Frederick.  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.  Edited by William L. Andrews and William S. McFeeley.  New York:  W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.*

  • Hacker, Diana.  A Writer's Reference.  5th ed.  Boston, MA:  Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 2003.*

  • Ibsen, Henrik.  An Enemy of the People.  Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1999.

  • Wilson, August.  Fences.  New York: Plume, 1986.

  • NCLC 140 Reader  (Eby): Course Reader available for purchase in the GMU Bookstore. (R)

  • NCLC 140 Separate Packets (Eby): Miscellaneous readings for purchase in the GMU Bookstore. 

  • GMU Student Technology Guide

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* Denotes texts required in previous units