ILO: Construct a text that incorporates critical reading, analyzing, a

ILO: Construct a text that incorporates critical reading, analyzing, and interaction with sources. 

Prompt:

For your discussion forum post this week, we are looking at writing in your discipline. We read about this in Week 1, and you have been searching for and reading sources in your discipline. Use what you have learned to answer the following questions:

• What is your discipline (a discipline is a field of study such as theology, history, or psychology, or a field of work such as ministry, business, or education)?
• What citation format is typically used in scholarly publications in this discipline?
• What genres are typical in this discipline (both that you've found in this class and in your general knowledge of the discipline)?
• After you answer these questions, write a thoughtful post of at least 250 words that considers your discipline as a discourse community. Recall from Comp. I (or use this week's supplemental link) the six characteristics of a discourse community:
  • Common goals
  • Standard types of communication
  • Ways to provide information and feedback to members
  • Typical genres
  • Specialized vocabulary (Lexis)
  • Processes to make beginners into experts.
• Describe your discipline or chosen career as a discourse community in relation to at least three of these six characteristics. For example, my discipline is Rhetoric and Composition. Our common goals are teaching students about writing and studying student writing processes. We communicate through academic journals and email listservs. I get information and feedback from professional organization newsletters and journal editors. Typical genres would include academic journal articles and syllabi. Some of our specialized vocabulary would include "discourse community," "lexis," and "genre." Beginners become experts by going to graduate school and gaining experience with teaching.

resources 

• Textbook: In Conversation, all of 02: Explore conversations
• Resource: Choose ONE of the following three resources depending on your major:
  • Westminster Theological Seminary: “UNC Chapel Hill: Writing in Religious Studies”
    • (This link is for majors in Ministry and Theology ): Read main page (you do not need to read each link on the left) and choose one area of specialization to read from those listed on the main page.
  • University of Richmond: Writing Center: “Writing in the Disciplines”
    • (This link is for majors other than Ministry and Theology): Choose your major and read the content for all of the links on the left. If your major is not listed here, contact your professor as soon as possible for guidance).
  • Exelsior Online Writing Lab: Healthcare Professions
    
    • (This link is for majors in Health Sciences).