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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of Introduction toAcademic Writing or placement by SAT score and a writing sample.Required of all students.Fulfills one of the two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing Program.This course covers the rhetorical elements of sound argumentation.Students learn how to write well-structured, well-developed essaysthat demonstrate proficiency in standard written English. Assignmentsinclude close textural analysis of persuasive essays, rebuttal arguments,and position papers. Students must pass a common grammar exam,submit a portfolio, and earn a C- or higher in the course in order toenroll in Critical Writing.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102.Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramThis theme-based course focuses on the production of such scholarlytexts as the annotated bibliography, the literature review, the researchproposal, and the extended research essay. Students learn how todevelop a research problem, critically investigate that problem, andadvance a well-defined argument to address the problem.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102.Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramA research-based course, Critical Writing for the Sciences focuses onthe production of reports expected of science professionals, namely,a research (lab) report in the IMRD format, a review of literaturepaper based upon a current argument, and an article for a popularjournal. Students learn how to assess an experiment, negotiateprofessional sources, defend an argument, create an annotatedbibliography and an oral presentation, and write for variousaudiences.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102.Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramA research-based course, Critical Writing for the Professions focuseson the guidelines for persuasive writing commonly used in businessand industry: how to write for specific audiences, choose theappropriate style, design effective document formats, and use visualsto help achieve a documents purpose. The course emphasizes thecomposition of such professional documents as letters, proposals, andanalytical reports.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramThis theme-based course focuses on critical analyses of films thatexplore issues of social justice and ethics. Students will be introducedto contemporary rhetorical problems filmic text pose, such asidentification, signification and representation, and will writeessays centered on these problems to gain further knowledge aboutpersuasion and greater experience with the conventions of scholarlycommunication.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramFulfills a course requirement in the Writing Studies Core ConcentrationThis course provides writers with advanced practice in drafting,revising, and editing non-fiction prose, with particular emphasisplaced on questions of voice and style. Students will experiment withinvention strategies and editing techniques as they plan, draft, andrevise essays for a variety of purposes and audiences. In addition, theywill read and respond to their own and their classmates' writing inorder to propose ideas for revision and editing.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills a course requirement in the Professional and Public Writing CoreConcentration and MinorThis course familiarizes students with some of the typical genres thatmake up the field of travel writing. Students will gain experienceadapting to various professional and public writing situations as theyfocus on the rhetorical distinctions between these genres and on thechallenges of writing about a place responsibly. The course emphasizesthe ways in which effective travel writing depends on the study ofrhetoric. Students will learn how to assess the rhetorical situation andto make genre decisions based on issues of exigence, purpose, audience,and kairos. Bristol, RI will serve as the site of exploration and inspirationfor travel pieces that inform, persuade, and reflect. Students will becomefluent in genre analysis and writing with clarity for different purposes todifferent audiences.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramFulfills a course requirement in the Writing Studies Core ConcentrationSpecial topics are initiated by student demand, interest ofthe instructor, or timeliness of offering. Readings and writtenassignments are appropriate to the Special Topic designation. Thiscourse may be repeated for credit, but students may study a singletopic only once.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramFulfills a course requirement in the Writing Studies Core ConcentrationAt the heart of this course is the problem of rhetoric: the famousrhetoric and philosophy split whereby the nature of representation iscalled into question. The history and theory of travel writing providesthe means by which students investigate the implications of thesplit for communicators in the global era. Studying the rhetoricalevolution of travel writing, students consider the relationships amongsituation, audience, purpose and text across time and place. The courseemphasizes the interaction between close reading and critical writing.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in theUniversity Writing ProgramFulfills a course requirement in the Writing Studies Core ConcentrationThis course explores storytelling as a rhetorical act that functionsto persuade others, build knowledge, fashion identities, and createaudiences. Students learn to use rhetorical concepts like ethos andidentification to interpret a variety of narratives - such as fables,fairy tales, and parables; white papers, constitutions, and otherclaims to political autonomy; testimony taken from war crimes trials,tribunals, and truth commissions; literacy narratives; and theirown family stories. Throughout this course of study, students haveopportunities to critically reflect upon and write about narrativesthat have shaped their own identities and/or moved them to action.
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