1102 Spring 2014

Inquiries about Global Culture

with Bert Wray

Your professor: Bert Wray

East Mecklenburg High School Charlotte NC

BA English Appalachian State
MA English UNCC
Currently working on PhD English University of
South Carolina

My office is Cameron 160, please come see me.

Office Hours are Wed 11-2; Tues and Thurs 9:3010:30.

Our Theme
Global Culture
We will focus our inquiries and compositions
around personally meaningful practices and
their situation in a global culture. Together, we
will focus on the concept of globalization
through engaged readings and discussions
meant to enrich our personal inquiries.

Official FYW Learning Outcomes

You will develop an extended inquiry project that integrates materials
from varied sources and includes writing in multiple genres.
You will write, revise, edit and reflect on writing with the support of the
teacher and peers.
You will participate in a conversation about a topic through reading,
questioning, and process writing.
You will complete writing in the forms of presentations, reviews of
research, essayistic arguments, and multimedia and web-based projects.
You will learn to distinguish rhetorical contexts, practice different
conventions, and develop positions in relation to research.
You will adopt digital technologies to network, compose, and/or critique
and disseminate work.
Your grades will be derived primarily from a portfolio that includes work
generated throughout the term.

Required texts and materials

Please bring the reading text and journal to class every
day.
Globalization: A Reader for Writers. Ed. Maria Jersky
Oxford UP. 2014 (ISBN 978-0-19-994752-2)
Dedicated journal using a composition Book or 3 ring
folder with loose-leaf paper
Access to internet
Access to Microsoft Word or similar word processor
program
UNCC Moodle account
Access to Mahara (through Moodle)

Grades / Assignments and Points

The assignments are all worth 10 total points
each, resulting in 100 possible points for the
course/portfolio grade. Course grades follow a
ten point scale (100-90 = A, 89-80 = B, and so
forth).

Assignments Part 1
10 / Reading and Forums: 15 readings and forum posts
that will shape our discussions and inquiries about
globalism.
10/ Homelands Essay: A reflection on the ways that your
homeland shapes your values, practices, and world view.
10 / Cultural Practice Media: A persuasive representation
of an important cultural practice in your life.
10 / History of the Practice Essay: An inquiry and
explanation on the way global practices affect your own
cultural practice.
10 / Presentation 1: A slideshow, video, or webpage that
shows what you learned about your cultural practice and
how you learned it.

Assignments Part 2
10 / Global Exploration Media: An inquiry and informative
representation of global imports, exports, or origins of your cultural
practice.
10 / My Globally Situated Practice Essay: An informed essay that
illustrates the relationship between your identity, your cultural
practice, and ways of being from other parts of the globe.
10 / Presentation 2: A slideshow, video, or webpage that shows
what you learned about the global aspects of your cultural practice
and how you learned it.
10 / Collaborative Reflection Media: A collaborative video
documentary that shows a collective sense of what we learned,
how we learned it, and why it was meaningful to us.
10 / Final portfolio: A selective and reflective version of your
semester-long portfolio building process.

Policies/ Assignments
All work will be submitted and /or published through the Moodle
and Mahara interfaces on our course website.
Do not use email to submit assignments.
Essays should be composed on a word processor before copying
and pasting the publication version in a text box in your Mahara
exhibit for that assignment. Double check the paste job.
Late assignments lose 2 points per day unless special arrangements
are made at my discretion.
Late forum posts will not receive credit.
Presentations must be made during the scheduled times in order to
receive credit.
The UNCC Academic Integrity policy and Noble Niner Code bind you
to ethical and responsible academic practices. Be honest. Be
transparent. Follow conventions of documentation that aid you in
this spirit.

Policies / Classroom
Be respectful (embrace diversity and multiculturalism)
Electronic Etiquette (no headphones, texting, surfing,
etc.)
Listen to others
Read others compositions with attention and
openness
Participate (speak, compose, share, collaborate)
Spend class time working toward individual and
common goals
Light snacks and drinks (No lunches)
Leave classroom better than we found it.

Policies / Attendance
You may have three absences without a penalty to your
final grade. Subsequent absences will result in a ten
point grade deduction to your final course grade for
every class missed thereafter. Seven absences will
result in a failing grade for the course.
In our class, we record attendance by signup sheet in
class and on Moodle. It is your responsibility to sign the
signup sheet. The Academic Integrity policy applies to
this recording.
Tardiness will be addressed on an individual basis, but I
maintain the right to deduct points from the course
grade if it is a problem.

UNCC Legal Policies

Religious Accommodation Policy: Please see UNCC
legal policy #134 at http://legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps134.html.
Disability Policy: If you have a disability that qualifies
you for academic accommodations, please provide a
letter of accommodation from Disability Services in the
beginning of the semester. For more information
regarding accommodations, please contact the Office
of Disability Services at 704-687-4355 or stop by their
office in Fretwell 230.