Advanced Argumentative Writing

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This course teaches students to critically read, analyze, and develop arguments so they can write evidence-based academic and non-academic argumentative texts. It focuses on the ways academics gather and assess evidence, and use that evidence to develop, frame, and support their claims. Advanced argumentative writing requires significant research, careful vetting of sources, and often involves substantial revision. This course will engage students in these activities and help them develop the rhetorical techniques of argumentation they need to add their voices to important scholarly and civic conversations. Offered in spring.