All Writing 2 classes explore the power of language to make meaning, to create identities for the writer, to shape communities, and to influence readers. All Writing 2 classes will give you the chance to explore writing as a means of discovery and learning as well as a means of communication. Each class will help you to analyze rhetorical situations: that is, to understand the conventions at work in various situations and the kinds of arguments and evidence that are persuasive in different contexts, including research. And in each Writing 2 class, you will have the chance to develop your particular strengths as a writer of academic prose and work on your particular weaknesses.

All Writing 2 classes teach writing as a process that involves strategies for generating ideas, revising, and editing. They all encourage you to work together as readers of each other’s papers. And all require a significant amount of reading and writing, which may include informal writing for yourself as well as more formal papers for others. Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement is a prerequisite for Writing 2. All course descriptions are subject to change.

Grading Policy and Rubric

Enrollment Procedures:
Writing 2 classes fill quickly. Students needing Writing 2 should try to enroll during their first-pass enrollment appointments.

Spring 2012 Courses