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  • WTNG 302: Art of Writing : Forms of the Essay

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    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 broadens students' understanding of the essay as a genre,with emphasis on analyzing and writing the personal essay. Through a socio-cultural perspective, students investigate why the personal essayis persuasive discourse that parallels pathos in argument. Readingsproceed from the historical to the contemporary in the arts andsciences.
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  • WTNG 303: Environmental Rhetoric

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102 and atleast sophomore standing or concent of instructorFulfills a course requirement in the Professional and Public Writing CoreConcentration and MinorThis course will examine important writers and thinkers from HenryDavid Thoreau to William McKibben for ways in which argumentsabout human/nature relationships have evolved. The tensions inthese relationships, this course argues, have forged environmentalisminto a counter-hegemonic discourse that challenges fundamentalassumptions about the centrality of man, the role and value of"progress," and the utility of nature.
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  • WTNG 305: Writing the City

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102 and atleast sophomore standing or concent of instructorFulfills a course requirement in the Professional and Public Writing CoreConcentration and MinorIn this course, students analyze and write about the city - acomplex, multilayered environment that includes densely texturedlandscapes, platforms for creativity and innovation, sites of systemicinjustice and political struggle, as well as homes, haunts, houses ofworship, etc. Built upon the metaphor of the city-as-text, the courseprompts students to explore - physically, emotionally, intellectually,socially, and rhetorically - the discourse communities of the city;the situatedness of knowledge; concepts such as nostalgia andhomesickness; the relationships between design, identity, and power;questions of displacement/dislocation, representation (e.g., mapmaking),tourism, and globalization; and the creation of publics andcounter publics. Readings include sections such as Paula Mathieu'sTactics of Hope, Virginia Woolf's "Street Haunting," and Michel deCerteau's The Practice of Everyday Life; and students write reflectiveessays, local histories/ethnographies, and walking tours.
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  • WTNG 310: Advanced Writing (Sciences)

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    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 moves beyond the introduction to scholarlycommunications offered in Critical Writing for the Sciences (WTNG210). In the course, students analyze and produce professionalcommunications in the sciences. Students are expected to initiatenew research projects for this course and practice careful revision andediting of their work. Students condense substantial research for agrant proposal, configure texts, present work orally in a public venue,and compile a professional portfolio.
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  • WTNG 311: Technical Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills the second of two Core Requirements in the University Writing ProgramFulfills a course requirement in the minor in Professional and Public WritingStudents will learn how to apply fundamental concepts of effectivetechnical writing that will prepare them for writing in industry,government and other professional contexts. Technical documentshelp move industry, government and the professions. The technicalwriter must make judgments about his or her audience, subject,and purposes that go far beyond transferring information. Studentswill study key principles of rhetorical theory, the idea of genre andits purposes, and the concept of professional audience. Technical documents may include feasibility studies, proposals, and policystatements.
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  • WTNG 320: Writing for Business Organization

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    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 the causes of the success or failure of businesscommunications. The course takes a case-based approach. Studentswill study the theory and practice of business communications asa pragmatic enterprise to accomplish actual change in the world.The course includes the study of the nature of domestic and globalbusiness communication, the causes and effects of communicationfailures, the social, legal, and ethical nature of professionalcommunication, and the problems in determining the professionalinterests of readers.
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  • WTNG 321: Multimodal Writing in Public Spheres

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills a course requirement in the Professional and Public Writing CoreConcentration and MinorAt least sophomore standing or consent of instructorThis course explores the theory and practice of writing that servespublic interests. As writing in public spheres is produced across avariety of media - from blogs to tweets to visual images to print-basedtexts - students will produce and analyze multimodal compositionsmeant to accomplish a specific outcome for a particular audience.Students will explore the theoretical, rhetorical, and ethicalconsiderations of writing in public spheres, and produce a variety ofmultimodal genres. Note: previous experience with digital or multimodalcomposing not required.
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  • WTNG 322: Advancing Public Argument

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102Fulfills a course requirement in the Professional and Public Writing CoreConcentration and MinorEquality. Knowledge. Happiness. Freedom. The public sphere is wherethe meaning and implications of these words are constantly defined,contested and renegotiated. Beginning with readings that offerdefinitions of rhetoric role in the public sphere itself, students read awide range of historical and contemporary public discourses that havesought to advance persuasive arguments to the American citizenry. Byanalyzing a variety of public genres (letters, photographs, speeches,film, statistics, art installations) with attention to the ways authorsdeploy the rhetorical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos, students gainfluency as critically engaged citizens, able to participate in the reading,writing, and resisting of on-going public arguments. Writing projectsprivilege student interest but emphasize the development of visual,cultural, and quantitative rhetoric's.
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  • WTNG 400: Writing for Social Change

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of a 200 or 300 Level WTNG course (Corhigher) and at least Junior StandingFulfills a course requirement in the Writing Studies Core ConcentrationAfter forming a partnership with a local, non-profit social serviceagency, participants in this course will determine which of the agency'sgoals can be met by collaborating on research and writing projects.The writing projects will vary, depending on the objectives of theagency and the needs of the people it serves. The purpose of the textsproduced will range from raising public awareness of agency-specificproblems and issues to securing resources for the organization.On-going reading and class discussions will center on the potency oftexts, the role of the writer in bringing about social change, and thevalue of civic engagement.
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  • WTNG 430: Special Topics

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of a 200 or 300 Level WTNG course (Corhigher) and at least Junior StandingFulfills a course requirement in the Writing Studies Core ConcentrationThis course offers an in-depth study of an aspect of writing theory orpractice. The specific focus varies from semester to semester and mayinclude such topics as composition pedagogy; advanced argument;rhetorical analysis of modern culture; civil discourse; communitybasedwriting; and argument in advanced writing for the sciences orfor the professions. As topics vary, the course may be repeated forcredit.
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