Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) English Two Semester Courses:

Prerequisite:

Successful completion of English III

AP English Language and Composition with a grade of “C” or better or English III College Prep with a grade of “B” or better.

Syracuse University Project Advance is a cooperative program with Syracuse University that allows high school students to enroll in Syracuse University courses. The Project Advance program enables high school students to gauge their ability to do college work prior to full-time college enrollment. Students who enroll in a SUPA course pay a fee which allows them, upon successful completion of the course, (a grade of “c” or better), to earn a maximum of 3 college credits for each course from Syracuse University. Upon successful completion of a Syracuse University course, students are awarded SU transcripts that record credits earned.

Practices of Academic Writing (Grade 12) Semester Year Course Weight:

Advanced Placement 2½ Credits

3 College Credits

This course teaches students strategies of critical academic writing in various genres, including analysis, argument, and researched writing. The course challenges students to understand that effective communication requires people to be aware of the complex factors that shape every rhetorical context, including issues of power, history, difference, and community; and that writing as a process involves reflection and revision. This writing course is a site of active learning where students have responsibility for their own progress and for that of their peers. Students write formal papers for each major unit, in addition to various informal writing assignments and a culminating portfolio.