Fall 2008: 

Below are the classes I'm teaching for the fall, 2008 semester (click on the links to access the course syllabi): 

Department of English:

ENG 201 (01) Reading and Writing About Texts: Close analysis of literary texts, including but not limited to poetry, fiction, and drama. Emphasis on reading and writing exercises to develop basic interpretive skills. Examination of figurative language, central ideas, relationship between structure and meaning, narrative point of view, etc.

ENG 101 (03) Composition: Intensive practice in drafting, revising, and editing expository essays of some length and complexity. Study of the logical, rhetorical, and linguistic structure of expository prose. Methods and conventions of preparing research papers.

New Century College:

NCLC 130: The Social World: is designed to focus on the social world across cultures and history. Students will investigate how the world is both model and mirror of social behavior and are encouraged to model interdisciplinary thinking, analysis and synthesis, and explanation and understanding. Topics: Borders - How do we organize spaces and establish borders? Spaces - What is nature and what is natural? Community and Identity - What constitutes identity, community? Belief, Ideas, and Values - What are our underlying beliefs about how society should be organized? Performance and Interpretation - How does performance [concert, theatre, film, video, dance, performance art, etc.] express a view and offer an interpretation of society?