Rhetoric & Composition I

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the skills required for college-level expository writing: critical reading, analysis, evaluation and synthesis. While gaining an understanding of college-level rhetorical theory, critical thinking and composing, students apply appropriate strategies and techniques to a variety of written communication tasks. A process approach empowers students to become flexible thinkers and problem solvers. Class work includes active participation in group discussion and peer critique workshops. Course requirements include several multi-phase composition projects (with significant work on planning, revising and editing) and a final reflective analytical essay exam.