BF 299
Academic Literacy Humanities
This skills-based course provides students with a broad introduction to the humanities as a scholarly enterprise. Students will learn the basic skills necessary to find, understand, conduct and communicate research in the humanities. Through lectures and small-group classes students will learn: how humanities scholars conduct research and report their results; the differences between primary and secondary sources; how to use databases and other research tools to gather scholarly resources effectively; how to use the critical reasoning techniques common in humanities inquiry; how to frame humanities research questions; how to synthesize and articulate their findings clearly, especially in written format; and how to be ethical scholars by practicing research and academic integrity. By the end of the course students will have experience using MLA and CMS styles of citation, interpreting both primary and secondary sources, preparing bibliographical information, and organizing, drafting and revising an argumentative essay.
Exclusions: CT220
Registration Notes: Must register for both a lecture and a tutorial simultaneously
This skills-based course provides students with a broad introduction to the humanities as a scholarly enterprise. Students will learn the basic skills necessary to find, understand, conduct and communicate research in the humanities. Through lectures and small-group classes students will learn: how humanities scholars conduct research and report their results; the differences between primary and secondary sources; how to use databases and other research tools to gather scholarly resources effectively; how to use the critical reasoning techniques common in humanities inquiry; how to frame humanities research questions; how to synthesize and articulate their findings clearly, especially in written format; and how to be ethical scholars by practicing research and academic integrity. By the end of the course students will have experience using MLA and CMS styles of citation, interpreting both primary and secondary sources, preparing bibliographical information, and organizing, drafting and revising an argumentative essay.
Exclusions: CT220
Registration Notes: Must register for both a lecture and a tutorial simultaneously
This skills-based course provides students with a broad introduction to the humanities as a scholarly enterprise. Students will learn the basic skills necessary to find, understand, conduct and communicate research in the humanities. Through lectures and small-group classes students will learn: how humanities scholars conduct research and report their results; the differences between primary and secondary sources; how to use databases and other research tools to gather scholarly resources effectively; how to use the critical reasoning techniques common in humanities inquiry; how to frame humanities research questions; how to synthesize and articulate their findings clearly, especially in written format; and how to be ethical scholars by practicing research and academic integrity. By the end of the course students will have experience using MLA and CMS styles of citation, interpreting both primary and secondary sources, preparing bibliographical information, and organizing, drafting and revising an argumentative essay.
Exclusions: CT220
Registration Notes: Must register for both a lecture and a tutorial simultaneously
