RWL Course Offerings

Undergraduate Courses

(see Courses for a list of current offerings)

Upper Level Courses:

• English 355 Rhetoric and Writing
• English 357 Honors Rhetoric and Writing
• English 360 Technical and Professional Writing
• English 455 Persuasive Writing
• English 460 Technical Editing
• English 462 Writing for Publication
• English 466 Writing, Layout, and Production of Technical Documents
• English 470 Special Topics in Rhetoric.
• English 495 Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition
• English 496 The Rhetoric of Legal Discourse

Lower Level Courses:

• English 101 English Composition I
• English 102 English Composition II
• English 103 Writing Workshop I
• English 104 Writing Workshop II
• English 118 Honors English Composition
• English 121 Academic English for Undergraduate Students
• English 131 English Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English I
• English 132 English Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English II
• English 255 Public Writing
• English 257 Honors: Public Writing
• English 262 Introduction to Poetry Writing
• English 264 Introduction to Fiction Writing
• English 267 Honors: Introduction to Poetry
• English 268 Honors: Introduction to Fiction
• English 295 Business and Technical Writing

Graduate Courses

• 505 Composition Pedagogy (3) Introduction to teaching composition through study of various pedagogical theories and methods.
• 575 Issues in Second/Foreign Language Rhetoric and Composition (3) Examination of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural issues in the development of academic writing proficiency in a second/foreign language.
• 582 Special Topics in Writing (1-3) Topics vary.
• 585 Issues in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics (3) Survey of contemporary research in rhetoric, writing, and linguistics.
• 586 History of Rhetoric (3) Survey of rhetoric from Greek Classical Period to modern era.
• 588 Special Topics in RWL History (3) Topics vary. Readings in the history of rhetoric.
• 589 Special Topics in Language (3) Topics vary. Readings in language, linguistics, and literacy. Recent offerings include:
• 680 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics (3) Contents vary.
• 682 Research Methods in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics (3). Overview of research design and methods.