Intro Professional Writing/Rhetoric

Catalog description

Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric: As a foundation to the major, this course is designed to introduce students to rhetorical theories and practices. These rhetorical foundations help students recognize how writing is a broad, dynamic field of possibility generated by and generative of language. Students will discover significant rhetorical theories and traditions upon which public writing, professional writing, and scholarly writing are founded. Over the course of the semester, students will gain practical experience in composing a variety of texts and genres, all with an eye toward understanding how language and writing are socially situated. Prerequisite: QEN 101. (Offered fall and spring terms.) Credit: