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  • Reading, Writing, Speaking and Research Objectives
    • Critical Reading
    • Writing
    • Oral Communication
    • Research
  • Sample Syllabi
    • Classics in Literature and History
      • The Heroic Temper
      • Shakespeare
      • Sex and Politics: Helen of Troy
    • The American Dream, American History
      • American Dream/Black Women
      • The Civil War
    • Culture Studies: On Humor, New Media, Zombies, and Rock and Roll
      • Rock and Roll High School (in a class by itself)
      • Stories Across Media
      • Seriously Funny
    • Faith, Doubt and Reason
    • Courses on Nature and Place
      • Roots and Regions
      • The Call of the Wild
      • Looking for Shangri La
      • Irish Literature
      • Utopian Visions
    • Approaches to Modern/Contemporary Lit
      • Visiting Writers Series
      • The Shock of the New: Modernism
      • The Art of Literature Now
      • The Imagination, Fairy Tales, and Magic
        • Spellbound
  • Assignments and Rubrics
    • Writing Assignments
      • Essay #4: East of Eden
      • An essay on place, using grounded research
      • Another essay on place: grounded research
      • Essay on place: Portland
      • On Intentional Communities
      • On Intentional Communities #2
      • On Ovid
      • Ovid #2
      • On Community
      • On Community #2
      • On Community #3
      • Sample essay and assignment: Illness as metaphor
      • Essay #2: Illness as Metaphor
      • Essay #3: AD/HD (Illness as Metaphor)
      • Sample annotated bibliography, with assignment
      • Annotated bibliography: Sample 2
      • Sample essay #1
      • Sample Essay #2
      • Sample Essay #3
      • Writing Rubrics
    • Speaking Assignments
      • Speaking Rubrics
        • Digital Assignments
          • Chris Bungard’s Digital Storytelling Assignment
            • Digital Rubric
    • Research Assignments
      • FYS Research Assessment Rubric
  • Spring 2013 Course Descriptions
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Welcome

Posted on May 3, 2012 by sneville
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Whether you’re winding down from teaching FYS or beginning to think about your Fall classes, this is the place to look for helpful documents, advice, and inspiration.

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  • FYS Learning Outcomes/Butler Website
  • Hacker Handbook information
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