Fall 2010
Instructor: Nate Kreuter
Email: nakreuter [at-sign] email [dot] wcu [dot] edu
Course Website: Blackboard (100% of course material available)
Alternate Course Website: www.natekreuter.net/courses
Office: Coulter 207
Office Hours: W 9-11, R 9-10, and by appointment
Meeting Time: T, R 11-12:15
Class Location: T in McKee 129, R in McKee G13
Required Texts
- Ways of Reading, 8th Edition, edited by David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. (Available from the WCU bookstore, as well as from outlets for used textbooks such as amazon.com. If you purchase a used copy, be sure that you purchase the 8th Edition and that you have the book in time to complete all readings. Current cost is approximately $52, new–students are strongly encouraged to buy used copies from the WCU bookstore, participate in the WCU textbook rental program, or purchase a used copy from another outlet in order to save money.)
- Handbook for Writers, Diana Hacker
- No Impact Man, by Colin Beavan. (Available from the WCU bookstore, as well as from outlets for used textbooks such as amazon.com. If you purchase a used copy, be sure that you have the book in time to complete all readings. Students are always welcome to buy used copies in order to save money. The book is $10.20, new, from amazon.com.)
- Thank You for Arguing, by Jay Heinrichs. (Not yet available through the WCU bookstore. [as of 8/24/10] Please purchase this through another outlet, such as amazon.com, in time to complete necessary readings, or wait until our bookstore receives its shipment. Students are always welcome to buy used copies in order to save money. The book is $10.08, new, from amazon.com.)
- Ink, edited by Beth Huber (Available only in the WCU bookstore.)
“An F in English?! Bobby, you speak English!”
-Hank Hill, King of the Hill
