Don't purchase textbooks until your instructor indicates which books you need, and do not mark them until you are certain you won't change sections. With the presentation of the sales slip, the bookstores usually exchange unmarked books during the first weeks of each semester. Not open to students who have fulfilled the Rhetoric requirement. The first course of a two-semester sequenced course involves speaking, writing, and critical reading with emphasis on exposition, competence in analyzing, organizing, developing ideas, and adapting discourse to readers and listeners. In addition to two informal introductory assignments, students are required to write three essays, give three speeches, and complete several critical reading assignments.
All assignments require extensive revision and most involve peer workshopping in class.
Not open to students who have fulfilled the Rhetoric requirement. The second semester of a two-semester sequenced course involves oral and written communication with a focus on argument, persuasion, research, competence in research procedures, location and evaluation of information and diverse points of view, analysis and responsible use of evidence, and reasoned interpretation of substantive matters. In addition to two informal introductory assignments, students are required to write three essays, give three speeches, and complete several critical reading assignments. All assignments require extensive revision and most involve peer workshopping in class. Completion of the two-course sequence fulfills the composition and speech requirement.