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Every Humanities Core writing assignment presents a unique set of challenges. Nevertheless, assignments have common features. Most Core writing assignments ask you to respond to a text, perhaps by analyzing how some feature of the text contributes to the whole. Texts are not always written--Core has made use of film, personal interviews, and even opera--but they are always complex. So Core students must be alert and thoughtful readers. Many Core assignments involve carrying out a rhetorical skill such as definition, comparison/contrast, or counter-argument. Some assignments concentrate on a specific skill, but others are cumulative, allowing sophisticated writers to combine a number of skills to produce convincing arguments. Whatever the assignment, Core students face the challenge of understanding what the assignment asks, generating and organizing their ideas, marshalling evidence in support of specific claims, arguing persuasively, and writing clearly. Core assignments connect to broad themes that change every three years. Fall quarter 2004 began a new cycle whose theme is Associations / Dissociations: the Social Instinct and its Consequences. You can access useful advice about particular Core assignments by clicking below. Since the current cycle is relatively new, most topics are still under construction. In the meantime still useful material connected to past assignments may be found in the LEWC Core Archives. Fall Quarter 2006
Winter Quarter 2007
Spring Quarter 2007
Core Handouts from Previous Years Humanities Core pages were written by LARC Writing Specialists Richard Nester and Kay Kenzora |
