Liberal Arts Gateway

Composition & Literary Studies

Program Details, Courses, Resources, & Links

Disciplinary Toolkit

Composition & Literary Studies

Close Reading Assignments

Composition & Literary Studies

Create Community Assignments

Composition & Literary Studies

Critical Thinking & Research Skills

Composition & Literary Studies

Self-Reflection

Composition & Literary Studies

De-mystify Academia

Composition & Literary Studies

Curiosity, Openness, & Flexible Thinking

Composition & Literary Studies

Equity

Composition & Literary Studies

Mastery of Standard Edited English

Composition & Literary Studies

Composition & Literary Studies LAG course proposals are accepted between mid-March and early June. Applicants will be notified in August before the start of the fall semester. Please email a letter of interest to LAG Chair Chris Berni (cberni@austincc.edu) explaining the course you would like to design and how it addresses LAG Guidelines and Practices.

Accepted professors will join a cohort of CLS faculty called a Community of Practice. Working with your colleagues, you will familiarize yourself with the Liberal Arts Gateway philosophy, attend three meetings per semester, engage in peer-to-peer observations, and redesign your course over two semesters. At the end of the course redesign process, you will submit a reflection, a course description, and an assignment/class activity that aligns with the Liberal Arts Gateway disciplinary toolkit. Please see an example here: Sample Course Deliverables. In addition, you will be certified as a Liberal Arts Gateway course professor, and your course will appear on the course schedule with your unique title. You will also be given professional development credit and a stipend. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Chris Berni.