Overview
Description
Students will engage with contemporary rhetorical situations or problems by immersing themselves in the research practices, methods of analysis and genres of writing necessary for engaged discussion in a public conversation. Students are introduced to ongoing debates through various perspectives, including scholarly, public and popular genres, in order to map rhetorical conversations.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- ACT English of 30 or above
- ACT ELA of 32 or above
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading/Writing of 660 or above
ENG 101ENG 113ENG 100IENG 100L
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 or ENG 113 or (ENG 100I and ENG 100L) or ACT English of 30 or above or ACT ELA of 32 or above or SAT Evidence-Based Reading/Writing of 660 or above.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Core
CO1, CO3
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- use reflection and feedback from others to reconsider prior knowledge about writing and construct new knowledge about writing.
- engage in responsible, systematic research practices informed by critical reading and rhetorical analysis, including locating and evaluating a range of materials.
- ethically synthesize and integrate the ideas of others using an appropriate citation style.
- produce coherent, well-supported arguments in different modalities in response to an ongoing public conversation.
- create purpose-driven texts in different modalities that respond to a variety of rhetorical situations and anticipate and adapt to the needs of different readers.
- recognize the value of different languages, dialects, and/or registers in engaging with different rhetorical situations.
- use spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation conventions that meet genre- and audience-based expectations.