COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Foundations of Academic Literacy (FAL) X99 is designed to help students make the transition from high school level studies  to undergraduate level studies at Simon Fraser University, and to provide learners with a variety of opportunities to practice, develop, and apply in context, their academic literacy skills. The course allows learners to express their ideas, and those of others, through written and oral academic literacy.

Other aims are as follows:

    * for learners to feel safe in the university classroom and to increase confidence to take on further studies;
    * for learners to be able to apply the knowledge that they learn on the FAL course to the discipline-specific
       practices of their ongoing studies;
    * for learners to receive individualized advice on their learning needs;
    * for learners to practice working individually and on group projects.


This course is designed with new university students in mind, but is open to all students who want or need to become more comfortable and confident in their academic literacy skills. Developed in support of the new University Undergraduate Curriculum initiative, this course will help students become effective writers, problem-solvers, thinkers and learners.

The course is designed around 6 units of study. There will be two two-hour classes per week. A variety of presentation methods will be used.


Requirements:

Most sections of the course run twice per week, for two hours each class, and a variety of presentation methods will be used. Students will be expected to critically engage with the material presented, actively participate in class discussions, give and receive constructive feedback on writing samples, and complete all assigned readings and writing assignments.