4/1 blog Meta-genres

Reading Carter “Four Meta-genres” has provided me with a slightly different view now in regards to discipline in college. Carter provides us with four meta-genres which are defined as “Responses to academic learning situations that call for problem solving, for empirical inquiry, from research from sources, and for performance”, all in which encompass a vast variety of disciplines. When relating his definition of meta-genres to the discipline I have choose to follow, Exercise and Wellness, I believe that academic learning situations that call for problem solving would relate the best to my major. The reason that I feel this relates most comfortably to my discipline is because I view my discipline that has a problem presented that requires close analysis in order to come to a solution. More specifically, the food science reference he makes as an example for a call for problem solving is the closest example to my chosen major. When he speaks about the food science major and what it entitles, there are a few statements that fight my major such as: “identify, define, and analyze a problem”, “offer a range of viable solutions”, and “determining what information is appropriate to solving a problem and then find it and assess authority and validity and use it effectively.” Moreover, I feel that that the way carter defines and organizes his idea on met-genres is a well-developed way of grouping a vast majority of disciplines across his campus. If applied correctly I believe that the four meta-genres could be used at a majority of colleges.