A course in composition and rhetoric that helps students hone a style appropriate for upper-division work that integrates the close reading of nonfiction and the writing of expository and argumentative essays. Focus on sharpening critical thinking skills, analyzing and evaluating texts, and writing text-based prose.

UC/CSU

Optional Class Zoom Meetings

• English 1C will have regular Zoom class meetings every Wednesday from 10-11 am.

Required Textbooks

• Rhetoric of Argument by Jeanne Fahnestock and Marie Secor

• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

• Stolen Harvest by Vandana Shiva

University-parallel reading, writing, and critical thinking with a major research component. Reading, writing, and research assignments are based predominately on non-fiction texts.

Mandatory Class Meetings Tuesday and Thursday 10:10-1:00

Location: Cloud 224

Required Textbooks

• Food edited by Brooke Rollins

• The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

• Farm City by Novella Carpenter