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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Designed for students who need improvement in writing skills. Special emphasis will be placed on sentence construction, grammar, usage, spelling, vocabulary, paragraph and essay development. Students will also learn to use word processors for drafting and editing short papers. Registration Enforced Prerequisites: WR 095 or WR 096 with a grade of C or better in WR 095 or WR 096 or placement test score. 3 lecture hrs/wk. F,W,S
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3.00 Credits
WR 121 improves writing, reading, and critical thinking skills, preparing students to succeed in future college classes, careers, and personal lives. The crucial relationship between critical thinking, reading, and writing is stressed. During the first part of the term, students write expository essays; during the latter part of the term, they progress to writing an argumentative essay. Students learn how to select and restrict a topic, formulate a thesis statement, develop an academic voice and style, appeal to a particular audience, and revise and edit their writing. Sentence variety, paragraph development, appropriate diction, conventions of grammar and punctuation, and most important, quality of ideas and coherence of subject matter are addressed. Registration Enforced Prerequisites: WR 115 with a grade of C or better or placement test score. F, W, S
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3.00 Credits
The three courses comprise the basic college transfer writing program at UCC, corresponding to the composition programs at all Oregon State System of Higher Education schools.
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3.00 Credits
WR 122 aims to strengthen students' abilities to reason in writing and to encourage writing that is convincing because it is reasonable. The work of the course is the practice of critical thinking in the development and revision of several argumentative essays. Registration Enforced Prerequisites: WR 121 with a grade of C or better. F, W, S
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3.00 Credits
WR 123 stresses the research process and the formulation of a thesis which results in a cogent, well-developed, and documented research paper; it includes extensive library research techniques, bibliographic practice, and exercises in documentation. Registration Enforced Prerequisites: WR 122 with a grade of C. F, W, S The courses incorporate the computer-assisted Writing Lab; all compositions must be computer generated. 3 lecture hrs/wk. F,W,S
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3.00 Credits
WR 227 stresses the principles of writing clear, concise, effective workplace reports. Students learn to gather information, problem solve, interpret data, draft and rewrite the material into informal and formal technical reports. Instructor Enforced Prerequisites: WR 122 with a grade of C or better, or WR 121 with a grade of C or better and instructor permission. 3 lecture hrs/wk. F,W,S
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Independent study on subjects outside the course curriculum or in-depth studies of a particular aspect of course content. Affords an opportunity for students with previous study in a subject area to pursue further investigations for credit. Prerequisite: Instructor, Department Chair, and Dean approval of study plan. 6 credits maximum total credit.
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3.00 Credits
WR 241: An introduction to fiction writing. Students will learn the elements of writing fiction (plot, character, setting, point-of-view, symbolism, and theme). Class activities will include writing exercises, lectures (often by guest writers), writing workshops, and publications. Prerequisite: Wr 121, 122 or permission of instructor. WR 242: An introduction to writing poetry. Students will learn the elements of poetry, including forms and structures, images, tones, figures of speech, and the music of poetry. Class activities will include writing exercises, workshops, lectures (by the instructor and guest writers) and discussion of the work of published poets. Prerequisite: Wr 121, 122 or permission of instructor. WR 243: A second-level course for students with experience writing stories or poems who are ready to publish work. Course activities will be similar to WR 241 and WR 242 with the addition of activities relating to submitting work for publication, presenting readings of student work for the public, and creating a literary publication of student work and, perhaps, work submitted by others, outside the class. Prerequisite: Wr 121, 122, and 241 or permission of instructor
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