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ENGL 400

ADVANCED COMPOSITION

3 credits.

Focuses on developing complex understandings of rhetorical, ethical, and literary strategies for writing. Practice in writing a range of nonfiction genres with attention to varieties of style, context, critical standards, and conventions. Designed for students with a strong interest in writing. May include multi-modal assignments.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Satisfied Communications A and junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess and practice rhetorical, ethical, and literary strategies for writing in a range of nonfiction genres. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Practice writing and other modes of communication to express ideas, perform analysis, and create knowledge. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Situate the practice and use of rhetoric, writing, and/or literacy in social, historical, political, material, and personal circumstances. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess and practice rhetorical, ethical, and literary strategies for writing in a range of nonfiction genres. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Practice writing and other modes of communication to express ideas, perform analysis, and create knowledge. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Situate the practice and use of rhetoric, writing, and/or literacy in social, historical, political, material, and personal circumstances. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate

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