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1005  University Writing and Thinking (3)
   Students learn about the transition from high school to university-level writing and thinking. The course introduces students to university discourse conventions through the analyses and writing of academic texts. Students increase their awareness of and practice responding to a variety of academic situations through activities such as note-taking, library research, and critical evaluation. Students will also be introduced to the design and production of multimedia and print texts.

1010  Introduction to Academic Writing (3) Prerequisites: Writing Placement score of at least 35 OR Writing Placement Essay Score of at least 2 Fulfills Writing Requirement 1.
   Students learn to read and write rhetorically, develop and support claims, and produce and evaluate writing in collaboration with peers. Course readings and assignments emphasize writing for diverse purposes and disciplines. To be taken during Freshman year.

1060  Methods and Technologies of Library Research (1)
   Introduces students to basic library research, including the identification, discovery, retrieval, and evaluation of material from a variety of formats. Topics include general and subject-specific research strategies, reference sources, United States government publications, and CD-ROM and online electronic resources.

2010  Intermediate Writing: Academic Writing and Research (3) Prerequisites: "C-" or better in WRTG 1010 OR score of at least 3 in (AP Languages and Composition OR AP Languages and Literature OR AP Composition Reading) OR Writing Placement Score of at least 89 OR Writing Placement Essay Score of at least 3 Fulfills Writing Requirement 2.
   Writing in undergraduate academic contexts. Students practice analytical and persuasive writing that addresses various academic audiences in a research university. Emphasis on writing for learning, textual analysis, writing from research, and collaborative writing. To be taken Freshman year.

2060  Writing Workshop (1 to 3)

2799  Technologies of Business Writing (3)
   Focuses on the development of business writing as it relates to technology trends. The course traces the evolution of business writing from early accounting to Twitter and beyond. Readings cover the ways inscription has played a role in how business has been conducted, from images on clay pots to social networking. Course is suitable for business majors, minors, or those interested in a humanities approach to studying business.

3005  Workplace Writing (3)
   Focuses on the types of practical writing used in and for the workplace: email, memos, cover letters, short reports, and resumes. Emphasizes precision and professional presentation.

3010  Critical Thinking and Writing (3)
   Addresses the various approaches to critical thinking, with an emphasis on developing the skills and attitudes necessary to pursue issues with an open and critical perspective. Students hone their skills through writing. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3011  Writing in the Arts and Humanities (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Prepares students for professional and public careers in the Arts and Humanities by emphasizing reading and writing arguments and the kinds of writing needed in further study and executive positions: summaries, analyses, proposals, research notes, reports, and reviews. Includes collaborative projects, electronic writing, instruction in revision and editing, and exploratory writing to discover ideas. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3012  Writing in the Social Sciences (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Designed to facilitate thinking and writing in the social sciences. Focuses on using sources to develop critical thinking on issues, forming one's own position about disciplinary problems, and creating arguments using rhetorical conventions associated with specific disciplines. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3014  Writing in the Sciences (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Designed to help students in the sciences develop the skills needed for scientific research and communication. Provides students with the opportunity to write in the variety of forms that they are likely to encounter in their professional lives (i.e. memos, proposals, reports, presentations) in a scientific context. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3015  Professional/Technical Writing (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Prepares students for professional practice by emphasizing problem solving in organizational contexts, writing for multiple audiences, and writing with visual and numerical data. Includes collaborative projects. Service learning option. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3016  Business Writing (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Prepares Business majors for writing in the business world. Emphasizes argumentation and linguistic precision. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3018  Writing about "The Simpsons" (3) Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
   This is a writing course that works through the lens of the animated TV show "The Simpsons" to explore the cultural contexts of post-modern satire. A key component is learning to write detailed analysis of these kinds of visual texts, as well as understanding the function such texts play in our collective cultural memory. Students also propose a satirical episode treatment utilizing the show's tableau of characters. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3019  Writing about War (3)
   Designed to help students develop and refine their reading, writing, and communication skills by examining and articulating their perspectives of war. Students will study the work of established authors and write multiple genres, including nonfiction, fiction, and analysis. Open to all students, but men and women in uniform and veterans are encouraged to enroll. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3040  Digital Storytelling (3)
   Digital storytelling takes new tools and techniques-computers and software-to update the ancient craft of telling tales. Students apply their writing abilities along with digital imaging and editing tools to tell a series of illustrated stories using pictures and narration in ways that are engaging and exciting. The class will focus on the telling of real-life stories. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3300  Researching the Social Sciences (3)
   Designed for social science majors who want to improve their library research skills. Emphasizes non-quantitative research and scholarship across the social sciences. Encourages an understanding of the writing process by cultivating the ability to gather and apply information to specific problem-solving tasks.

3510  Grammar and Stylistics for Academic Writing (3) Cross listed as ESL 3510, LING 3510. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Examines common grammatical and stylistic problems from a rhetorical and functional perspective.

3600  Grammar for Writers (3)
   This course acquaints students with a variety of grammatical issues and the quantitative research methods to study them for the purpose of improving writing. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3705  Rhetoric, Science & Technology Studies (3) Fulfills Soc/Beh Sci or Hum Exploration.
   This course examines how science/technology has transformed since its foothold as a social institution during the Scientific Revolution to its contemporary merging with corporate entities. Students explore the role of scientific writing as a catalyst for social change, examining issues related to such concepts as secularism, consumerism and globalization. Students also explore the ways in which scientific writing influences science/technology, examining issues related to the production of writing for funding, research and development, and implementation. This course furthers understanding of the relationship among writing, science and society. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3810  Technologies of Writing (3)
   This course examines histories of writing technologies. Readings and assignments will ask students to research and analyze a variety of material, cultural, and social conditions in which individual technologies develop. Courses may be taught as a broad historical survey or may focus on particular technologies or writing. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3830  Professional, Technical & Scientific Writing Studies (3)
   This course introduces students to the theoretical tradition of professional, technical and scientific writing. It examines the historical background of the field and explores important contemporary issues discussed in professional, technical and scientific studies. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3860  Introduction to Rhetoric (3) Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
   A survey of select rhetorical theories and examples of rhetoric from Greek antiquity to the present. Emphasizes connections between rhetoric and writing. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3870  Writing as Social Practice (3) Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
   In this course, students will be introduced to key theories of writing. Emphasis will be placed on the cultural, social, and rhetorical practices that have given rise to and shape writing processes, documents, and ultimately writers themselves. Students will be introduced to various forms of writing, theories that consider the impact of material and social factors, such as education, on writing systems, and theories that consider the writer/reader relationship that is established through writing. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3890  Writing and Social Justice (3) Fulfills Diversity.
   The course examines the discourses of power systems within the United States, considering the ways writing serves as a medium of control over national ideas and group identities. Simultaneously, the course explores rhetoric representative of several national histories, heritages, and social movements. The course focuses on theories or rhetoric and discourse, writing to establish the "other," writing and the construction of race, rhetorical concepts of gender and class, and tools for analyzing power discourses. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

3900  Discourses & Communities (3) Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
   Meets with ENGL 3690. This course concerns theories and practices of literacy. Students read about and respond to a popular current theory of literacy then take up case studies of literacy practices. They also examine their own literacy practices as students and as members of other communities. Service Learning Option. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4000  Writing for Publication (2)
   Meets with WRTG 6000. Preparation of various forms and styles of academic and professional writing, including abstracts, theses, and journal articles. Intended for graduate students or advanced undergraduates in all disciplines. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4001  Writing Business Plans and Proposals (3)
   Prepares students for writing in the business world. Focuses on business plan and proposal writing in a business context, addressing the expectations of specific audiences. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4010  Writing for International Audiences (3) Fulfills International Requirement.
   Prepares student to write for culturally and linguistically diverse audiences for various purposes. Emphasizes linguistic and rhetorical considerations in print and electronic texts. Focus on critical appreciation of English as an international language. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4020  Writing Center Colloquim (3)
   Theory and practice of responding to undergraduate writing, including comment and evaluation. Conducted in a workshop setting and applicable to all disciplines. Of special interest to those who are interested in becoming tutors of writing. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4030  Visual Rhetoric: Word/Image/Argument (3) Fulfills Quant Reason (Stat/Logic) & Comm/Wrtg.
   Students will learn theories of visual rhetorical criticism, and examine different strategies for integrating words and images, and other multimedia elements. They learn to employ principles of effective document design and visual argument, as well as practice strategies for design and composition of new media texts. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4040  Digital Rhetoric (3)
   Meets with WRTG 6040. The course explores the ways that online, mobile, and networked technologies shape rhetorical theory and practice. Coursework will include projects that analyze and compose with digital media. Topics may vary to account for emerging technologies and communication practices. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4050  Writing & Cultural Rhetorics (3)
   This course explores how cultures and people outside the "mainstream" of Greco-Roman-western rhetoric use language and other symbol systems for constitutive and suasive purposes. Specifically, it examines how diverse groups in the US develop rhetoric to identify themselves as members of groups and the enact political and social change. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4080  Nonfiction Environmental Writing (3) Fulfills Communication/Writing & Humanities Exploration.
   Meets with WRTG 6080. Engages students to write about contemporary environmental problems from a variety of genres. In particular, creative/ecocritical, natural history/science, and public/advocacy writing are emphasized. Students will learn to think critically and with nuance about environmental issues and convey that information in its complexity. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4090  Writing and the Book (3)
   Explores the uses, conceptions and varieties of the book, including worldwide systems and pre- and post-print concepts of authorship, publishing and copyright, as well as the effects of electronic composition on writing books and libraries. Includes guest lectures, using a printing press, and visiting rare and artists' book collection. A survey intended for undergraduates and graduates in all disciplines. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4200  Writing Popular Nonfiction (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Focuses on popular nonfiction addressed to a wider audience. Students practice a select set of genres such as travel, memoir, autobiography, biography, history, food, domestics, science, technology, personal philosophy and religion. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4830  Document Design and Usability (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Document Design and Usability focuses on professional writing and publication of both print based and electronic documents. Through a variety of projects, it covers advanced theories of document design, web-based publishing, educational media, information delivery, and multimedia production. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4870  Introduction to Composition Studies (3)
   This course introduces students to the present state of scholarly debate about rhetoric and composition and the forces that have shaped the field. Students examine research contributions in the multidisciplinary array in which rhetoric is situated, across composition, English, communication studies, philosophy, writing and discourse studies. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4890  Writing, Persuasion and Power (3)
   This course addresses writing as a medium of control over ideas, individuals, and/or groups. Course content may include theories of writing, rhetoric, and discourse; writing and ethnicities; writing and gender; and tools for analyzing power discourses. Objects of study may include academic and professional disciplines, advertising, legislation, media and news coverage, propaganda, and social justice, among other topics. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4905  Studies in Professional Discourses (3)
   This course introduces students to professional discourse, such as legal, medical, governmental, media, or non-profit. Course content may include discourses of legislation, sustainability, risk assessment, world health organizations, legal precedent, and the like. Using a variety of theories and methods for gathering and analyzing professional discourses, students will consider the ways in which professional discourses intersect with larger discourses of power and ideology. Variable topics. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

4910  Independent Readings in Rhetoric, Discourse, and Writing (1 to 2) Prerequisites: Instructor Consent
   Group and independent readings on a topic supplementary to student's area of study. Not equivalent to major or minor required courses. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

5010  Medical and Health Science Discourses (3)
   Meets with WRTG 6010. Students examine documents including patient histories, clinical research reports, journal articles, personal narratives of patients and providers, online professional literature, and health-care videos, which they analyze in terms of rhetorical and larger discourses of power and ideology.

5770  Research in Writing and Rhetoric (3)
   A survey of the various methodologies used in rhetoric and writing studies. Critical reading and examination of different methodological approaches, with attention to their assumptions, strengths and weaknesses. Also provides a foundation for research design; appropriate questions, processes, analyses, and interpretive strategies for the various approaches. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

5830  Technical Editing (3)
   This course helps to strengthen basic technical writing skills through increasing awareness of how language, visual design and illustrations work. Students learn to analyze and critique technical documents to improve their communicative functions. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

5900  Literacy Studies: Reading, Writing, Identity and Class (3)
   Meets with WRTG 3900 and ENGL 3690. History and theory of literacy, including scholarship on literacy and schooling, intercultural communication, and literacy in the workplace. Service learning option. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

5905  Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies (3)
   Topical thematic courses. Variable content. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.

6000  Writing for Publication (2) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   Meets with WRTG 4000. Preparation of various forms and styles of academic and professional writing, including abstracts, theses, and journal articles. Intended for graduate students or advanced undergraduates in all disciplines.

6003  Introduction to Writing at the University (2) Cross listed as ESL 6003. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   Meets with ESL & WRTG 1003. This course is intended to familiarize multilingual students with American university-level academic writing. Students will learn about relevant topics, including grammar and style, plagiarism, addressing instructors' feedback, and working effectively with American classmates in their courses.

6010  Medical and Health Science Discourses (3)
   Meets with WRTG 5010. Students examine documents including patient histories, clinical research reports, journal articles, personal narratives of patients and providers, online professional literature, and health-care videos, which they analyze in terms of rhetorical and larger discourses of power and ideology.

6020  Responding to Student Writing (2) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   Theory and practice of responding to undergraduate writing, including comment and evaluation. Conducted in a workshop setting and applicable to writing in courses in all disciplines, and especially to Communication/Writing Intensive courses.

6040  Digital Media (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   Meets with WRTG 4040. This course explores the ways that online, mobile, and networked technologies shape rhetorical theory and practice. Coursework will include projects that analyze and compose with digital media. Topics may vary to account for emerging technologies and communication practices.

6080  Nonfiction Environmental Writing (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   Meets with WRTG 4080. Engages students to write about contemporary environmental problems from a variety of genres. In particular, creative/ecocritical, natural history/science, and public/advocacy writing are emphasized. Students will learn to think critically and with nuance about environmental issues and convey that information in its complexity.

6090  Writing and the Book (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   Explores the uses, conceptions and varieties of the book, including worldwide systems and pre- and post-print concepts of authorship, publishing and copyright, as well as the effects of electronic composition on writing books and libraries. Includes guest lectures, using a printing press, and visiting rare and artists' book collection. A survey intended for undergraduates and graduates in all disciplines.

6350  Composition Theory and Research (3) Cross listed as ENGL 6350. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.

6500  Studies in Writing & Pedagogy (3) Cross listed as ENGL 6500. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   Theoretical and historical perspective on writing instruction in English studies, the humanities, and across the modern university. Topics include classroom practices, curriculum, and cultural functions of rhetorical and literary schooling.

6770  Studies in Discourse Analysis (3) Cross listed as ENGL 6770, LING 6077. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   An examination of ways of linking linguistic analysis and social theory, particularly within the framework of the emerging school of critical discourse analysis. Particular attention given to media discourse. Major topics include presupposition, implication, textual "silences," context, staging, framing, intertextuality, metaphor, and cultural models and myths.

6890  Writing, Persuasion and Power (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing OR Instructor Consent.
   This course addresses writing as a medium of control over ideas, individuals and/or groups. Course content may include theories of writing, rhetoric, and discourse; writing and ethnicities; writing and gender; and tools for analyzing power discourses. Objects of study may include academic and professional disciplines, advertising, legislation, media and news coverage, propaganda, and social justice, among other topics.

7000  Dissertation Writing (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   Introduces students to the various genres of dissertations and how to prepare them. The course focuses on the process of writing a dissertation, from contextualizing a research problem, to describing research methods, to making the results relevant to a scholarly community. Helpful for all students, including those in the hard sciences.

7001  Grant Proposal Writing (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   Focuses on grant proposals, addressing the expectations of specific audiences. Emphasis on institutional and national context for grant writing.

7060  Scientific Writing (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   Designed to help graduate students in the sciences develop the skills needed for scientific research and communication. Provides students with the opportunity to write in the variety of forms that they are likely to encounter in their professional lives (i.e. memos, proposals, reports, presentations) in a scientific context.

7080  Writing in the Health Sciences (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   Writing in the Health Sciences is designed to help graduate students in health science fields develop the writing skills necessary for scientific research and professional communication in their disciplines. Students learn strategies for preparing various forms and styles of scientific writing, including research proposals, reports, literature reviews, and presentation posters and slides. Students learn how to plan and organize a persuasive scientific argument, use graphics effectively to support claims, integrate and document secondary research, and revise their prose to develop a clear and concise writing style.

7310  Proseminar: Rhetoric and Composition (1 to 3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   Variable topics.

7760  Seminar: Rhetoric/Composition/Discourse (3) Cross listed as ENGL 7760. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

7770  Research in Rhetoric and Writing (3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   A survey of the various methodologies used in rhetoric and writing studies. Critical reading and examination of different methodological approaches, with attention to their assumptions, strengths and weaknesses. Also provides a foundation for research design; appropriate questions, processes, analyses, and interpretative strategies for the various approaches.

7830  Colloquium: Teaching Introduction to Academic Writing (1) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   For instructors teaching WRTG 1010.

7840  Colloquium: Teaching Intermediate Writing (2) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   For instructors teaching WRTG 2010.

7850  Colloquium: Teaching Writing in the Social Science (1) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   For instructors teaching WRTG 3012.

7860  Colloquium: 3014 (1) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   For instructors teaching WRTG 3014.

7870  Colloquium: Teaching Professional/Technical Writing (1) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   For instructors teaching WRTG 3015.

7880  Colloquium: Teaching Writing in the Arts and Humanities (1) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   For instructors teaching WRTG 3011.

7890  Colloquium: Teaching Business Writing (1) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   For Instructors teaching Business Writing 3016.

7910  Independent Study (1 to 3) Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
   Group or independent readings on a topic supplementary to student's area of study. May be thesis/dissertation hours.