Expository Writing:
Language and Culture


Section 43.1110.01
Mon 10:00-11:20 Carnegie 206
Wed 10:00-11:20 Sage 3101/Lab

Instructor: Mick Doherty
Office: 2510 Sage
Office hours: MW 11:30-12:30 (and by appointment)
Office phone: 276-8987
E-mail: doherm@rpi.edu.

Note to students: This syllaweb is under constant construction and revision. Check it often!


Required Materials:
  • Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. Boston: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
  • George, Diana and John Trimbur. Reading Culture: Contexts for Critical Reading and Writing. Second ed. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995.
  • Several readings (and a paper-copy of this syllabus) are available to be photocopied at the reserve desk of the Library.


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