The course includes frequent informal writing assignments, weekly reading assignments, discussion, an oral presentation, a collaborative project, and at least two formal writing assignments. Students edit and revise their own writing in terms of style, organization, development, and format. Through peer review, audience analysis, and revision, students improve their writing processes. They learn to recognize, apply, and critique the conventions of different discourse communitities. Students examine the rhetorical strategies writers use and learn to apply the principles of rhetorical analysis to different kinds of text.
Students develop critical thinking skills while investigating the environmental movement.
This course, taken by most students the spring of their sophomore year, is intended for students who have completed CLL 190.