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MWF | 12:40-1:30 & 1:50-2:40

This section of English 102 will explore lore. This subject spans across many interests, from mythology to conspiracy theory to oral traditions. Throughout this course we will use lore to develop research and writing skills through three kinds of research: secondary source, qualitative, and archival.

TR | 11:20-12:35 & 12:55-2:10

We use authenticity as a compliment. To say that an experience or a person is ‘authentic’ is to say that they possess some quality that we seek out and admire. We use ‘inauthentic’ as a putdown, a way of saying that the Mexican restaurant in the suburb is missing some vital trait of Mexican food-iness. But what do we truly mean when we label something as authentic? Is Dollywood authentic? Is professional wrestling authentic? Does true authenticity even exist? In this 102 course, we will identify the various ways in which the concept of authenticity manifests itself, and develop varied research and writing skills geared toward examining how it affects our expectations, behaviors, beliefs, and more.

MWF | 9:10-10:00, 1:50-2:40, & 3:00-3:50

In Inquiry into Disability and Design, you’ll question what “disability” really is, how history, scholars, and contemporaries view and have viewed it and what our assumptions are about both disabled and abled people. You will learn and inquire about accessible designs: how they affect both abled and disabled people and how they shapes our everyday lives. You’ll research these effects in a hands-on project that explores physical and learning design at UTK.

MWF | 10:20-11:10, 11:30-12:20,1:50-2:40, & 3:00-3:50

Inquiry into Myths and Monsters examines the issues of myths and monsters in relation to cultural, social, and historical concepts. We will use this topic to develop research and writing skills. To accomplish this goal, we will conduct secondary source, qualitative, and archival research. We will start with secondary source research by examining and engaging with current academic scholarship about myths, monsters, and cultural significance. The qualitative research will require interviewing participants. The purpose of this assignment is to explore the experiences, feelings, and/or beliefs about myths and monsters. Then, we conclude with archival research, where we will explore historical representations of myths and monsters and what those representations mean for historical and cultural contexts.

TR | 9:45-11:00

MWF | 8:00-8:50, 9:10-10:00

Memoir is the murky place where memory, research, and storytelling intersect, and in this section of English 102 we will focus on crafting writing driven by our memories and experiences. We will examine examples of stories, primarily nonfictional and a few fictional, that teach us how emotional truth and fact often intertwine. We will examine the memoir genre and will practice personal writing with special attention to the roles of history, place, and identity in our lives.

The goals of this course are to develop your academic research, analysis, and communication skills. You will have the opportunity to gather information by searching your family archives, conducting interviews with family and friends, and employing traditional research methods. Additional emphasis will be placed on prewriting, reflection, and revision, so we can consider how writing evolves as an ongoing process. You will practice presenting what you have learned using several academic genres, such as an archival research paper, a qualitative research paper, an annotated bibliography, and a secondary source paper.

TR | 9:45-11:00, 11:20-12:35, 2:30-3:45 & 4:05-5:20

If we are what we eat, then what do the choices we make on a daily basis say about us? This writing and research course is an investigation of the complex relationship that humans have with food. We’ll look at what, when, with whom, and how we eat and what these choices reveal about ourselves and our culture.   You’ll formulate your own research questions about the collective and individual effects of food on culture, which you’ll then investigate through qualitative, archival, and secondary source research. For the qualitative project, you’ll gather your own data through interviews to examine how a food or food practice has impacted a specific group of people or aspect of society.

You’ll continue that line of inquiry with your archival project by creating a digital museum exhibit that highlights and examines a food or food practice’s effects upon a particular community. In the secondary source project, you’ll locate and analyze scholarly sources to explore a food-related line of inquiry relevant to today’s culture.

MWF | 10:20-11:10 & 11:30-12:20

TR | 11:20-12:35 & 4:05-5:20