INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION
Provides practice in persuasive writing in various modes, styles, and genres; develops an understanding of the different contexts of writing, both scholarly and public; provides opportunities for exploring the relation between writing and speaking; and provides critical tools for the rhetorical analysis of expository prose. Not open to auditors
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Satisfied Communications A and sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Situate the practice and use of rhetoric, writing, and/or literacy in social, historical, political, material, and personal circumstances. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use reliable research sources; apply the writing process to develop ideas into papers, presentations, or projects; follow discipline-specific conventions for organization and formatting; and share work in writing and at least one other relevant mode of communication. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Situate the practice and use of rhetoric, writing, and/or literacy in social, historical, political, material, and personal circumstances. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use reliable research sources; apply the writing process to develop ideas into papers, presentations, or projects; follow discipline-specific conventions for organization and formatting; and share work in writing and at least one other relevant mode of communication. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027