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This section includes the policies and expectations for the current class that are not included in the Assignments section.

Basic Needs

In order to meet the goals of this course, and to learn and thrive at Grinnell in general, you need to meet your basic needs first. I want to support your learning and well-being. If something academic, personal, or financial interferes with your ability to do your work, please ask me for help. I know that asking for help can be difficult, even scary, but asking sooner can often prevent situations from getting worse. Even if you do not know exactly what to ask for, or whether I can provide the help directly, you can let me know what's happening. I will work with you provide help directly or to connect you to the person or office that can do so.

Learning Goals

The English Department has agreed on a set of goals outlined in our curricular map. This course primarily addresses these goals from that list:

1. to familiarize students with a substantial and diverse body of texts in English or that inform English-language literary works
2. to enable students to analyze texts from a range of critical and theoretical perspectives
4. to develop the skills that contribute to persuasive argumentation and stylistic elegance
8. to develop in students the skills of revision and rigorous self-criticism

Expected Workload

Grinnell College defines four credits of academic work as equivalent to an expected minimum of 12 hours of academic work per week, including the meetings times of the class.

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Erik Simpson | simpsone@grinnell.edu
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