We will study the language use, structure and style in skilled writers' work as a way of informing and refining our own writing styles. Everyone will keep informal reading journals, and write and revise a series of essays. Everyone will be expected to participate in discussions and peer writing groups. Maria Cecelia Freeman Sec. Students learn how to produce rewrites, interviews, news stories, cover public events, and news features.
Students also keep a weekly news journal.
Writing 1 as a prerequisite is strongly recommended. Writing 64 is required for entrance into the Journalism Minor. I-161 Rhetoric of the Natural Sciences will introduce students to the rhetorical conventions of a range of scientific writing situations, including research reviews, research proposals, abstracts, popular writing, and conference presentations. Students will complete weekly writing assignments and do regular revision of work produced for this course and in other natural science courses. In total, students will produce at least twenty pages of original, polished work and an additional ten to fifteen pages of revisions.