Course Description: Research in the Disciplines and the University Community

Research in The Disciplines and The University Community
English 201 is enhanced by the variety of disciplinary interests that students bring to the course. Instructors of English 201 encourage interdisciplinarity in their courses by allowing students to pursue their areas of interest. Instructors encourage students to develop their own positions and make their own arguments through an analysis of the perspectives of other writers, and of the relationship of writers to one another.

The research that students do in English 201, and the library skills they learn in the process, helps to familiarize them with the prevailing discourses in their developing area of expertise, as well as the professional indexes and databases they can anticipate using as sophomores or juniors in other disciplines. The use of reputable scholarly sources helps students to move into the community of thinkers and writers that they join in attending Rutgers University.

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