English 605: Computers in Language and Rhetoric
Fall 2015
HEAV 227

Contact Information
Professor: Samantha Blackmon
Office: 302B Heavilon Hall
Phone: 494-3742
Email: blackmos@purdue.edu
Office Hours: 1:30-2:30 TR and F by appointment

Course Syllabus On-line at: http://www.samanthablackmon.net/courses/fa15/ENGL605

(Syllabus and Calendar are tentative and subject to change. Please check on-line syllabus for latest changes. Any hard copy may be obsolete, so be sure to bring it with you to each class to record all changes.)

Course Description:
This seminar investigates how computers figure in contemporary theories of text and text-making. Readings and discussion topics will cover pedagogy, cyberspace, and a critical analysis of both technology and specific technologies used in the computer-mediated classroom (i.e. synchronous/asynchronous discussions, electronic writing and publication, and new media studies). Assignments for this course will include weekly response assignments, a mid-semester project/presentation, and a seminar project.