WRTG 2100 - Rhetoric and Writing: Writing about Writing

Institution:

New College of Florida

Subject:

Writing

Description:

Ideal for: Any first-year student Pre-reqs: None Focus Areas: Self-analysis of writing beliefs, processes, and strategies; identifying transferable writing knowledge from high school to college and from this course to others; developing flexible heuristics for writing; introduction to identifying disciplinary writing conventions; strategies for identifying and analyzing rhetorical situations. In order to work towards cultivating their own theories of writing, students in this course will explore foundational texts in fields such as writing studies, educational psychology, and applied linguistics. Students will have the opportunity to apply those theories to developing their own writing processes by reflecting back on their formative literacy experience as well as by transferring their knowledge of writing from high school to college. Students will be introduced to rhetorical genre studies in order to investigate the genre conventions of their anticipated areas of concentration. Students who successfully complete this course will leave well prepared to take on the challenges of college level writing in any discipline.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ncf.edu

Phone Number:

(941) 487-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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