Depending on curriculum. Aesthetics may be taken in any semester. Courses The following provides a description of the categories or groups of courses which are taken in a prescribed sequence in the College Studies program. They are described in the sequence in which students will take them. There are two writing-specific courses in which writing is a central focus.
Students take the first course in the freshman year and the second in the junior year.
The course strengthens students' writing skills by teaching writing in the context of reading and hinking. Students learn to have more control over form, structure, development and clarity as they gain knowledge of a new field of inquiry. They practice active learning techniques and grow acquainted with a process approach to University writing. Students engage issues of a multicultural society while learning strategies for reading, writing and thinking critically. Using textual evidence effectively to support and create academic arguments is a primary goal of the course.