May be repeated once for credit. Students discover how the process and products of writing shape organizational structure by studying documents organizations use, as they communicate both internally and globally. The course emphasizes principles that can be applied to a wide variety of documents. W131 and a 200-level writing course. Advanced writing course focuses on the interconnected activities of writing and reading, especially the kinds of responding, analyzing, and evaluating that characterize work in many disciplines in the university.
Topics vary from semester to semester.
Offers individualized instruction in advanced research writing on written communication. Students gain experience in writing research proposals, analytical reports, reviews of literature, critical bibliographies, and documented research papers. W131 and a 200-level writing course. Focuses on the content of rhetoric and composition and considers theoretical and practical issues in the teaching of writing. Reviews rhetorical and composition principles that influence writing instruction, textbook selection, and curriculum development.