All assignments require extensive revision and most involve peer workshopping in class. Completion of the two-course sequence fulfills the composition and speech requirement. Not open to students who have fulfilled the Rhetoric requirement. Placement in this course is based on ACT scores. 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 writing portion of the Accelerated course is an introductory course in writing required of students who have completed a college-level public speaking course or who have exempted from the speech requirement, but have not previously had an equivalent college or university writing course or earned exemption by receiving a score of 3 or above on the Advanced Placement English Test. In addition to two informal introductory assignments, students are required to write six essays and complete several critical reading assignments. All assignments require extensive revision and most involve peer workshopping in class. Students must have fulfilled the speaking requirement.