WC 120
World Cultures II
Current Syllabus: Click Syllabus
Current Calendar: Click Calendar
Current Grades and Assignments: Click Blackboard Academic Suite
Instructor: Click Professor Lakey
UE Writing Center: Click http://writingcenter.evansville.edu/index.htm (or call 488-2391 for an appointment)
Standard Grading Criteria: Click Essay Exams
RECOMMENDED WRITING REFERENCES and Their Click-On Hyperlinks:
(Last checked January 2008)
>General Websites: Provide short guides for specific aspects of writing….
Internet Public Library links for good writing at http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/links.htm#writing.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at http://www.powa.org/.
Purdue general writing guides at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/index.html.
UNC general writing guides at http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/.
Wisconsin general writing guides at http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html.
>Documentation Styles: Pick a major and stay with it….
APA (social sciences) documentation at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/apa.html. Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.
CBE (natural sciences) format and citation style at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/science.html.
Chicago (history and some humanities) format and citation style at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/chicago.html.
MLA (most humanities) documentation at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mla.html. Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.
>Citing your sources: Nothing is original….
Effective quoting tips at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/quoting.html.
Plagiarism information at http://www.aug.edu/sociology/plagiarism.html, http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html, and http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/links_plagiarism.html (links concerning the problem).
>Writing errors that irritate your professors:
Common writing errors at http://chiron.valdosta.edu/mawhatley/writing.htm (links to other lists). Also see William Strunk & E.B. White, The Elements of Style.
>Thought behind the writing: Be interested… Be logical….
Thesis organization and outlining tips at http://www.sheridanc.on.ca/~vinall/Outlining_Tips.htm and http://users.edte.utwente.nl/lanzing/cm_home.htm (see example concept map).
Critical thinking websites at http://www.austhink.org/critical/ and http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html.
Full-text Skeptical Inquire articles at http://www.csicop.org/si/online.html (good examples of the critical attitude).
Personal journal information and workshop at http://www.writingthejourney.com/ (a habit for organizing your thoughts).
>Personal growth:
On overcoming procrastination at Overcoming Procrastination.
Test yourself for hidden bias at http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/.
Avoiding racial and ethnic bias in writing at http://www.apastyle.org/race.html.
>Other references:
Full-texts of old references and great books and http://www.bartleby.com/.
>Searches of databases through our Library:
To conduct a search, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click Online Databases, then click the appropriate database (PsycINFO, Medline, etc.). When you get to the search engine, enter the key terms for your topic. Print out important abstracts and download full-text jpg files (save to a floppy, zip, USB memory chip, or hard disk). If the journals or references are not in our Library, order photocopies of the full-text articles or loan of the books through our Interlibrary Loan service: Assess http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click Request Forms, and then click the appropriate Interlibrary Loan Form. Allow two weeks to receive the materials.
Past Class:
2007
1. Gina Brown, 2. Casey Lindeman, 3. Emily Johnson, 4. Amber Lee, 5, Jessica Schmelz, 6. Liz Luitjohan, 7. Cathy Reeves, 8. Alyson Bontrager, 9. Lolade Olubi-Filani, 10. Jessica Kozelicliki, 11. Meaghan Herald, 12. James Jarvis, 13. Cole McCarty, 14. Matt Kaufman, 15. Titus Tompkins, 16. Nick Steen, 17. Dan Holcomb, 18. Jeremy Smith, 19. Lindsay Becker.
2006
1.Margret Simpson, 2. Jeremy Kuester, 3. Sam Hicks, 4. Heather Abraham, 5. Zannah Harbert, 6. Stephanie Schulmeyer, 7. Lyndsey Dibble, 8.Jacob Harrie, 9. Martha Lumley, 10.Cody Buckley, 11. Katie Kincaid, 12.Mary Dial, 13. Megan Bender, 14. Andrea Dillon, 15. Sally Kulupka, 16.Matthew Leonberger, 17.Craig Miller, 18. Sara Clack, 19. Erika Johnson.
2005
1. Tim Knoll, 2. Amanda Koch, 3. Cory Elenio, 4. Deanna Taylor, 5. Sarah Malone, 6. Miranda Fitzgerald, 7. Faith Wells, 8. Eliza Guyol-Meinrath, 9. Joseph Watts, 10. Lindsey Holder, 11. Bethany Rogers, 12. Megan Pewitt, 13. Sheli (Leslie) Ledbetter, 14. Beth Buechler, 15. Molly Munsell, 16. Victoria Gohmann.
