Topics include evaluation of writing, the composing process, computers and literacy, dialect and writing, grammar and writing. Designed to explore current computer issues in the field of rhetoric and composition covering such topics as computer-aided composition instruction, the nature of rhetorical voice in a computer setting, and questions of authorship. Designed to help students initiate, revise, and prepare scholarly works for publication and professional careers. Students will produce a portfolio of work appropriate to their specialty. The major work will usually be an article submitted to a scholarly journal.
Topics vary each semester.
Course may be repeated if the topic is different.