Course Objective

Use evidence, some of which may be derived from personal experience and field research, to demonstrate an awareness of a larger conversation and multiple viewpoints surrounding an issue. I w I would interpret this objective as understanding how you can use personal experience to develop an idea or theory, along with using other evidence. Personal experience can be a great tool to use when conducting research. Informing the reader of your understanding of a topic can make the writing feel personal and connect the reader more to who you, the author, are as a person. This is a part of the class objectives, so we can understand and demonstrate how we, as writers, can implement our own understanding and form ideas, and how that can be used to change our writing. We also need to understand and know how to use evidence that we may find, develop, and write about different ideas. When we use our...