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Course Listing for WRITING AND RHETORIC - Spring 2027 (ALL: 01/25/2027 - 05/14/2027)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
1198 RHET-103-01 College Writing 1.00 LEC Helberg, Alexander MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: 4 seats reserved for sophomores.
  An introduction to the art of expository writing, with attention to analytical reading and critical thinking in courses across the college curriculum. Assignments offer students opportunities to read and write about culture, politics, literature, science, and other subjects. Emphasis is placed on helping students to develop their individual skills.
1633 RHET-103-02 College Writing 1.00 LEC Starr, Brittany TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  An introduction to the art of expository writing, with attention to analytical reading and critical thinking in courses across the college curriculum. Assignments offer students opportunities to read and write about culture, politics, literature, science, and other subjects. Emphasis is placed on helping students to develop their individual skills.
2228 RHET-103-03 College Writing 1.00 LEC McGill, Lauren WF: 8:30AM-9:45AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: 2 seats reserved for HMTCA students.
  An introduction to the art of expository writing, with attention to analytical reading and critical thinking in courses across the college curriculum. Assignments offer students opportunities to read and write about culture, politics, literature, science, and other subjects. Emphasis is placed on helping students to develop their individual skills.
2974 RHET-103-04 College Writing 1.00 LEC Frymire, Erin TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  An introduction to the art of expository writing, with attention to analytical reading and critical thinking in courses across the college curriculum. Assignments offer students opportunities to read and write about culture, politics, literature, science, and other subjects. Emphasis is placed on helping students to develop their individual skills.
2996 RHET-103-05 College Writing 1.00 LEC Truman, James TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  An introduction to the art of expository writing, with attention to analytical reading and critical thinking in courses across the college curriculum. Assignments offer students opportunities to read and write about culture, politics, literature, science, and other subjects. Emphasis is placed on helping students to develop their individual skills.
2449 RHET-108-01 Research and Writing 1.00 SEM Truman, James TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA WEA2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: Seat Reservations: 6 first-year students, 3 sophomores, 3 juniors, 3 seniors.
  Research is a fundamental element of academic writing. In this class, students will explore and apply practical methods of library, database, and internet research. Using different strategies for source assessment and management, they will develop research-based writing skills across a range of academic disciplines.
2808 RHET-125-01 Writing for a Digital World 1.00 SEM Helberg, Alexander TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA WEA2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  As reading and writing shift from pages to screens, images and other visual elements are becoming increasingly important to successful writing. This course is designed to help students think critically about the role of the visual in written communication today. Using digital design tools in combination with academic writing skills such as research and drafting, students will develop strategies and skills for blending images and words effectively in a range of genres and contexts - both digital and printed, academic and professional.
2809 RHET-202-01 Writing in the Disciplines 1.00 LEC Frymire, Erin MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM TBA WEA2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Students in this course will explore a variety of genres in scholarly, professional, and public writing. Students will learn to identify and use the conventions of these genres and to make effective rhetorical choices in their writing. Students will engage in writing frequently and intensively to improve overall learning in their discipline. The course will facilitate student involvement with particular bodies of knowledge, their methods of scholarship, and modes of communication.
2216 RHET-209-01 Academic Leadership 1.00 SEM O'Donnell, Tennyson MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 49 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Introduces the interconnected scholarship of leadership, mentoring, and tutoring in order to explore the potential for leadership development through mentoring and tutoring. This is the anchor course for the Leadership in Mentoring and Tutoring certificate.
2810 RHET-315-01 Writing in the Public Sphere 1.00 SEM Starr, Brittany TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA WEA2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is a writing workshop in which students will explore the theory as well as the practice of language in the public sphere. Students will write and revise long and short essays aimed at various sources of news and information; they will also analyze those sources. Possible questions include: How do written words affect the process by which public opinion is formed? How can writing best promote public dialogue and deliberation? How is our concept of "writing" evolving in a changing digital landscape? How do various personalities and perspectives gain cultural prominence? How can we best participate as writers in the public sphere? Students will follow current issues with a goal of participating through writing in public conversations.
2907 RHET-316-01 Digital Rhetoric 1.00 SEM Helberg, Alexander MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  From the beginning of the 21st century to today, communication at local and global levels has become increasingly mediated by digital technologies such as computers, smartphones, and the world wide web. In this course, students will study key topics in digital rhetoric, including networked protest and activist movements, the role of social media in economies of “influence” and attention, issues of privacy and surveillance, the spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation, and the role of algorithms and A.I. in our writing and meaning-making practices. Students will also gain experience using digital tools – both as engines of creation for written and multimodal works, as well as tools for deploying rhetorical methods of analysis (such as small and large-scale corpus analysis).
1677 RHET-395-01 Academic Internship 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Internship or field work placement, with a required academic component to be determined by the faculty sponsor and student. Students need to submit a completed internship contract form to Career Services. Students will not be enrolled until the contract has been approved.
1056 RHET-399-01 Independent Study 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and Writing Center director are required for enrollment.
1218 RHET-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Students may assist professors as teaching assistants, performing a variety of duties usually involving assisting students in conceiving or revising papers; reading and helping to evaluate papers, quizzes, and exams; and other duties as determined by the student and instructor. See instructor of specific course for more information. Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
2190 RHET-499-01 Senior Thesis Part 2 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is the second part of a two semester, two credit thesis. Submission of the special registration form and the approval of the thesis adviser and the director are required for enrollment. The registration form is required for each semester of this year-long thesis.