Will not fulfill basic skills requirement. Practical skills necessary for effective civic or advocacy writing. Sustained research and writing project in a student's field of study or area of interest. Analysis of the rhetorics and methodologies of research. Develops expertise in the rhetorical and intellectual skills and arts of writing, examining relationships between general principles and knowledge of content or situation.
Sections select particular arts, types, or problems of writing.
Professional communication through the study of audience, purpose, and ethics. Rhetorical problem-solving principles applied to diverse professional writing tasks and situations. Introduction to theories and methods of writing consultation. WRT 400 is an advanced undergraduate writing seminar on topics in composition or cultural rhetoric. Students investigate, read, write about, and practice writing for nonacademic settings.