Winter Session

WRT 101: Introductory Writing Workshop

Undergraduate 3 credits

DEC: A1

An introduction to the foundations of writing, offering students a variety of rhetorical strategies and helping them develop creative and critical thinking, fluency, and correctness. Coursework creates ample opportunities for significant practice in reading, writing, and critical analysis. Emphasis on writing as a revision-based process. WRT 101 prepares students for WRT 102 and postsecondary academic writing. Prerequisite: a grade of C or better in WAE 194 or Writing Placement score of 3. This course may be repeated until a satisfactory grade is achieved.

WRT 102: Intermediate Writing Workshop

Undergraduate 3 credits

DEC: A2 SBC: WRT

A study of strategies for extended academic writing assignments including critical analysis, argument or point of view, and multi-source, college-level research essays. Students continue to develop rhetorical awareness, analytical proficiency, and academic research skills. At the end of the course students create a multimodal ePortfolio of final revised essays to be evaluated by their instructor and at least one outside reader. Prerequisite: WRT 101; 3 or higher on AP English Language/Composition exam or AP English Literature/Composition exam; 580 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing SAT or 1050 or higher on the combined Critical Reading and Writing SAT (last administered Jan 2016); 23 or higher on the English Language Arts ACT or 24 or higher on the combined English and Writing ACT (last administered June 2015); Writing Placement score of 4; C or higher in an approved transfer course equivalent to WRT 101. This course may be repeated until a satisfactory grade is achieved.

WRT 302: Critical Writing Seminar

Undergraduate 3 credits

DEC: G SBC: HFA+

A writing seminar, with rotating historical, political, social, literary, and artistic topics suggested by the professors each semester. Frequent substantial writing projects are central to every version of the course. May be repeated for credit as the topic changes.

WRT 303: The Personal Essay

Undergraduate 3 credits

We all have stories to tell about our lives. In this course, we will explore how to tell them through the personal essay, a notoriously slippery and flexible form that we will engage by writing our own personal essays, as well as by reading and responding to writers who work in that genre. Students will also prepare a personal statement for their application to graduate or professional school, or for another academic or professional opportunity.