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thrive in any college program. The content of the         students are guided in developing their abilities at
        course  will  focus  on  American  literature,  and  the   reasoned  critical  reflection  about  those  ideas  and
        academic  purposes  are:  to  pay  close  attention  to   traditions,  and  students  are  guided  through
        academic writing, to analyze and discuss a relevant       systematic  systems  of  research  and  writing  about
        literature,  to  clearly  articulate  ideas  in  a  public   those ideas and traditions.     Objectives include:
        forum,  to  promote  thinking  and  inquiry,  and  to        Ability to read and interpret important material
        equip students with research skills that permit them         Ability to think critically
        to investigate important questions and hypotheses.           Ability to write and learn
        WRIT  15100  does  not  merely  tell  students  about        Ability  to  communicate  orally:  students  will
        ideas. Rather, students are challenged to be actively         speak,  participate  in  discussion,  and  present
        engaged  in  thinking  their  way  into  ideas  and           ideas with evidence
        traditions, students are guided in developing their          Ability  to  identify,  evaluate,  and  use
        abilities at reasoned critical reflection about those         information appropriate for scholarly research
        ideas  and  traditions,  and  students  are  guided          Ability to take advantage of the curricular and
        through systematic systems of research and writing            co-curricular  opportunities  in  an  academic
        about those ideas and traditions. Objectives include:         setting
            Ability to read and interpret important material

            Ability to think critically                          SERVICE LEARNING
            Ability to write and learn                           (Full  Year,  3  credits;  1  English;  1  Social  Studies;  1
            Ability  to  communicate  orally:  students  will    Service Learning. Grade 12)
             speak,  participate  in  discussion,  and  present   Prerequisite: application, teacher recommendation
             ideas                                                & interview
            Ability  to  identify,  evaluate,  and  use
             information appropriate for scholarly research       Service Learning is a unique course that combines
            Ability to take advantage of the curricular and      the  disciplines  of  social  studies  and  English  with
             co-curricular  opportunities  in  an  academic       application in service to the community. Three days
             setting                                              a week, Service Learning offers students selections
                                                                  from  classical  and  contemporary  literature  that

        WRIT 15200: COMPOSITION IN THE LIBERAL                    focus on the nature of humankind and society, and
                                                                  the human condition. The social studies component
        ARTS II
                                                                  of  Service  Learning  focuses  largely  on  current
        (Full  year,  1  HS  English  credit,  4  college  English   affairs.  General areas of study include U.S. domestic
        credits, Grade 12)                                        policy,  U.S.  foreign  policy,  global  issues,  social
                                                                  issues,  local  issues  (Ohio  and  Hudson-based),  the
        A  seminar-based  course  designed  to  be  a             criminal  justice  system  and  consumer  finance
        comprehensive introduction to the skills needed to
                                                                  (which  will  fulfill  the  state  requirement  for  a
        thrive in any college program. The content of the
                                                                  consumer  finance  credit).   The  method  of  inquiry
        course  will  focus  on  world  literature,  and  the     will  focus  more  on  project-based  learning  and
        academic purposes are: close attention to academic
                                                                  student choice. The course additionally focuses on
        writing, to analyze and discuss relevant literature, to
                                                                  the contemporary issues of diversity, tolerance, and
        clearly articulate ideas in a public forum, to promote    social justice through critical thinking, oral/written
        thinking  and  inquiry,  and  to  equip  students  with
                                                                  presentations, discussions, and debates. The other
        research  skills  that  permit  them  to  investigate     two  days  a  week  students  are  engaged  in
        important questions and hypotheses.  WRIT 15200           meaningful human-centered service at a community
        does not merely tell students about ideas; rather,
                                                                  agency.  It  is  through  this  agency  that  students
        students are challenged to be actively engaged in
                                                                  receive  a  "hands-on"  experience  of  what  the
        thinking  their  way  into  ideas  and  traditions,
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