"Word is BOND": An Introduction to Black rhetoric and Language for Undergraduate Students 

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The SyllaBus

Flip through the syllabus zine below.  You can also download the PDF at the bottom of this webpage as well as course policies.

The  UndergradUate  Syllabus

The First 500-Word writing assignment of the semester

Read all of this syllabus for homework. Then spend some time at this course website.  Spend some time with everything--- the words, the images, and the sounds.  Go to this tab called “Put Some Stank On It.”  Read everything there and follow the buttons at the bottom.  Here you will find policies of the course.

​Click here to download
​a PDF ​of the syllabus.

For the next class on Thursday, write Carmen a letter (yes, call her Carmen)… not an essay… a letter in 500 words. What questions, issues, curiosities, or concerns do you have? What do you need to commit fully to the work and the content? Get it all out now.  And tell me about yourself.   This is Reading Response (RR) #1.  You need to submit this writing on this Thursday before class via D2L.  In class on this day, we will start reviewing the requirements for the hype presentation.  Every Thursday, plan to witness your colleagues’ presentations and discuss their work.

Other Policies to read

(click on buttons below)

Stank 2.0

This Website?

Food Policy

Plagiarism Policy (kinda sorta)