Fall 2024
Section 0518 of ENGL1A
College Composition -- : Aug 20 - Dec 12 2024
This section of English 1A is a co-requisite for English 50. Students are automatically enrolled in both English 1A and English 50, TTh 12:00-1:00pm with the same instructor. English 50 offers students support in college-level reading, writing, and critical thinking skills to help them succeed in English 1A.
Section 0613 of ENGL50
English 1A Support Course -- : Aug 20 - Dec 12 2024
This section offers students support in college-level reading, writing, and critical thinking skills to help them succeed in English 1A. Students who enroll in English 50 are automatically co-enrolled in English 1A, TTh 10:00am-12:00pm with the same instructor.
Spring 2024
Section 4359 of ENGL50
English 1A Support Course -- : Jan 16 - May 16 2024
This section offers students support in college-level reading, writing, and critical thinking skills to help them succeed in English 1A. Students who enroll in English 50 are automatically co-enrolled in English 1A with the same instructor.
Section 4780 of ENGL1A
College Composition -- : Jan 16 - May 16 2024
This section of English 1A is a co-requisite for English 50. Students are automatically enrolled in both English 1A and English 50 with the same instructor. English 50 offers students support in college-level reading, writing, and critical thinking skills to help them succeed in English 1A.
B.A. Psychology, UCLA, 1995
M.A. English Literature, SFSU, 2001
Certificate to Teach Composition, SFSU, 2001
Certificate to Teach Post-Secondary Reading, SFSU, 2001
ENGLISH 5: It's easy to assume everyone knows what we mean when we say "critical thinking", but in this course we're going to dig in and define it for ourselves. How would you define critical thinking? Why is it important? What is your definition of a strong argument? Or a weak one?
These questions will guide our work together this semester, and your own interests and concerns will help us choose which specific topics to investigate. We will brainstorm possible topics and then work together to build our knowledge on them, tailoring our readings accordingly, all while creating our own definitions of what it means to be a critical thinker, reader, and writer. "Customizing" our class this way helps us be flexible thinkers and apply our skills to both traditional and non-traditional topics for inquiry. Most of our readings will come from online sources, and we will also nominate and vote on a book to read together this semester.
We will meet synchronously on Zoom weekly.
If you have any questions about the course, please feel free to email me.