GE Language Study Placement Testing
One part of the Global Citizen Cluster in the 2007 GE program is Language Study. Most students will satisfy this part of the GE program by completing a language course reflecting third-level proficiency, as determined by a language placement test.
Students who can document functional language use (for example, completion of extended study in other than English-speaking countries, or passing the 201 level of the BYU Proficiency Exam) have satisfied the GE language study category.
International students from other than English-speaking countries who have completed their secondary education in a language other than English have satisfied Language in the GE Global Citizen category (7LC).
For testing and documentation information, contact the Testing Administrator, Carole Wayman, at cwayman@chapman.edu.
Self-Placement Guide for Written Inquiry Courses
The Written Inquiry category of the 2007 GE program includes courses at the first-year and intermediate levels in order to accommodate students’ differing levels of writing experience. The course information provided here can help you choose the Written Inquiry course most appropriate for you.
All Written Inquiry courses help you develop your ability to write in a variety of styles and forms, using a range of different methods to address multiple audiences. The courses are designed to help you:
- understand the connections among audience, purpose, style, and content
- discuss challenging material coherently
- summarize and analyze major points of what you've read
- employ brainstorming and planning techniques for writing
- participate actively in writing workshops and conferences
- enhance or clarify your ideas with relevant details, examples, and discussions
- cite and integrate the ideas and information of others into your writing
- adopt appropriate style, tone, and sentence structure for varied assignments
- format and edit your writing according to standard academic conventions
A majority of students will enroll in ENG 103. The course is offered every term. ENG 205, ENG 206, and ENG 207 have limited capacity and may not be offered every term. All of your Written Inquiry options prepare you for the writing you will be asked to do in your major and in other courses. Each will offer personalized writing instruction through a blend of approaches (conferences, workshops, peer review, class discussion and presentation), introducing you to the kinds of academic work you can expect to do at the university level.
English 103: Writing seminar devoted to rhetorical understanding and competence in a variety of specific academic contexts. Students may choose their area of concentration from a range of writing genres, each with its own sets of expectations, forms and purposes. Attention will focus on student writing in differing discourse communities, but all sections of English 103 address rhetorical effectiveness in composition. Students may select from courses that foreground Writing in Electronic Environments, Writing about Literature, Composing the Self, or Writing in Academic Environments, among many other options.
ENG 205, 206, and 208 are designed for students who desire more intensive academic writing instruction. They emphasize critical and research-based methods and focus on rhetorical analysis and rhetorical forms.
ENG 205: Research-Based Writing focuses on rhetorical theory; historical, ethnographic, and empirical research methods; and use of text-based and multimodal written forms, including essays, reports, narrative, and visual/electronic text. This course is appropriate for all majors, and no specialized writing experience is assumed.
The course will involve you in historical, empirical, and ethnographic research writing, visual argument, and alternative discourses. You’ll read texts such as David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly, Ralph Cintron’s Angels’ Town, and Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost. The course covers the rhetorical content of English 103 plus gives you experience with document design and collaborative writing.
ENG 206: Critical Literacies and Community Writing is a course focusing on academic discussions and rhetorical analyses of culture as it organizes social experience and shapes identities; critical examination of the textual (print, electronic, visual, etc.) world, from both local and global perspectives; and consideration of the purposes and assumptions underlying public discourse. This course is appropriate for all majors, and no specialized writing experience is assumed.
In this course, you will read and analyze texts such as The Panther, the university newspaper; the Chapman website; Chapman Magazine; La Opinión; The Los Angeles Times; weblogs; public space art; as well as read authors such as Gloria Anzaldúa, James Agee, Roland Barthes, Michael Chabon, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jamaica Kincaid, Nicholas Kristof, and Ted Sizer.
ENG 208: Composing Self asks students to explore the relationship between identity and writing. Students will study a variety of genres (personal essays, researched essays, academic articles, news reports, case studies, and ethnographies) and theoretical approaches to learn how and why writers create versions of themselves for rhetorical effect. This course is appropriate for all majors, and no specialized writing experience is assumed.
While investigating identity construction in writing, you will develop rhetorical and stylistic skills, and you can expect to compose narratives, essays, reports, and multi-genre compositions, drawing from personal experience, observation, and primary and secondary sources. You'll also conduct original academic research projects.
If you have questions about which Written Inquiry course to take, you can contact the English Department office at 714-997-6750 for further advising.
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