Writing Courses
Courses
WR 121Z. Composition I. 4 Credits.
WR 121Z engages students in the study and practice of critical thinking, reading, and writing. The course focuses on analyzing and composing across varied rhetorical situations and in multiple genres. Students will apply key rhetorical concepts flexibly and collaboratively throughout their writing and inquiry processes. Previously WR 121.
Prereq: SAT Reading or SAT Writing score below 37, or ACT verbal score below 32, or equivalent.
WR 122Z. Composition II. 4 Credits.
WR 122Z builds on concepts and processes emphasized in WR 121Z, engaging with inquiry, research, and argumentation in support of students’ development as writers. The course focuses on composing and revising in research-based genres through the intentional use of rhetorical strategies. Students will find, evaluate, and interpret complex material, including lived experience; use this to frame and pursue their own research questions; and integrate material purposefully into their own compositions. Previously WR 122.
Prereq: WR 121Z or equivalent.
WR 123. College Composition III. 4 Credits.
Written reasoning in the context of research. Practice in writing documented essays based on the use of sources. Continuing focus on revising and editing.
Prereq: WR 121Z or equivalent.
WR 195. Writing Tutorial. 1 Credit.
Provides students concurrently enrolled in WR 121Z with one-on-one tutoring. Enrollment priority based on entrance exam (SAT or ACT) scores. Repeatable once.
Coreq: WR 121Z.
WR 199. Special Studies: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable up to five times.
WR 312. Principles of Tutoring Writing. 4 Credits.
The practice and ethics of tutoring writing in the context of writing in various academic disciplines. Theories of teaching, tutoring techniques, and assessment of writing.
WR 320. Scientific and Technical Writing. 4 Credits.
Emphasis on form, function, and style of scientific, professional, and technical writing; weekly writing assignments include proposals, reports, definitions, instructions, summaries. Use of documentation in publication.
Prereq: completion of university writing requirement; junior standing.
WR 321. Business Communications. 4 Credits.
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business and management students.
Prereq: completion of university writing requirement; junior standing.
WR 399. Special Studies: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.
Prereq: sophomore standing.
WR 408. Laboratory Projects: [Topic]. 1-3 Credits.
Supervised writing projects in nonfiction prose. Repeatable up to five times.
WR 410. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.
Prereq: Junior standing.
WR 423. Advanced Composition. 4 Credits.
Emphasis on critical thinking skills and rhetorical strategies for advanced written reasoning in different academic disciplines.
Prereq: Completion of University Writing Requirement; junior standing.
WR 508. Independent Writing Projects. 1-12 Credits.
Supervised writing projects in nonfiction prose. Repeatable up to five times.
WR 510. Experimental Course: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.
Repeatable.