Composition II

Tentative Schedule of Assignments

January

Introduction to Course

Elements of Argument (reference chapters 1-6 in Current Issues)

Using Resources – Chapter 7 in Current Issues

Paper #1 due

February Library Orientation and Project Assignment: Students are expected to select a specific African country as subject of oral report and a written argument. The assignment is due March 15^th. The essay should be considered Paper # 3.

Voices of Africa: A Collection of Poems, Short Stories and Folktales

Things Fall Apart– Reading Test and discussion.

Essay – Paper # 2

March SPRING BREAK

7 – 11

Oral Reports. Paper #3 (written argument) due on the 22^nd and 23^rd.

Logic: Deduction, Induction, and Fallacies – Chapters 8 and 9 in Current Issues

A Moralist’s View: Ways of Thinking Ethically – Chapter 10

Heart of Darkness- Reading Test and discussion

Paper #4 due

April What is the Ideal Society? – Chapter 29

How Free is the Will of the Individual in Society? - Chapter 30

Cry, The Beloved Country –Reading Test and discussion

What is Happiness? – Chapter 31

Paper # 5 due

May Final Exam