English Composition II

Catalog description

This course serves as the second-semester introduction to college writing, one that emphasizes research and discourse communities. It teaches argumentative and rhetorical skills intended to aid students in explaining positions and persuading others, skills that are intended to serve students in their college writing and professional and personal lives. Students will complete projects ranging from analysis of others’ writing choices to creating their own written products that take into account rigorous research and multiple perspectives. This course emphasizes writing as an intellectual, social process, one that requires students to write multiple drafts, to understand their audience, to consider and reflect upon their purposes for writing, and to engage in collaboration with peers.