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Course Listing for WRITING AND RHETORIC - Fall 2025 (ALL: 09/02/2025 - 12/17/2025)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
1546 RHET-103-01 College Writing 1.00 LEC Helberg, Alexander MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 2 seats reserved for sophomores, 13 for first-year 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.
1547 RHET-103-02 College Writing 1.00 LEC Frymire, Erin MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 2 seats reserved for sophomores, 13 for first-year 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.
1758 RHET-103-03 College Writing 1.00 LEC Marino, Nicholas 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.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 13 seats reserved for first-year students, 2 seats for HMTCA.
  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.
2895 RHET-103-04 College Writing 1.00 LEC Starr, Brittany MW: 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.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-year 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.
3304 RHET-103-05 College Writing 1.00 LEC Starr, Brittany MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-year 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.
3305 RHET-103-06 College Writing 1.00 LEC Frymire, Erin TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-year 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.
3306 RHET-103-07 College Writing 1.00 LEC Truman, James TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 2 seats reserved for sophomores, 13 for first-year 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.
3444 RHET-103-08 College Writing 1.00 LEC McGill, Lauren WF: 8:30AM-9:45AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is not open to juniors or seniors.
  NOTE: Before making a change to your schedule, please review your advice for writing courses under “Guided Writing Assessment Results” on your transcript page
  NOTE: 15 seats reserved for first-year 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.
1833 RHET-125-01 Writing for a Digital World 1.00 SEM Helberg, Alexander TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA WEA2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with CLIC
  NOTE: Seat Reservations: 3 freshman, 12 instructor reserved seat.
  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.
2105 RHET-125-02 Writing for a Digital World 1.00 SEM Starr, Brittany TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA WEA2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with CLIC
  NOTE: Seat Reservations: 1 juniors, 2 sophomores, 4 freshman, 8 instructor seat.
  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.
2474 RHET-208-01 Argument & Research Writing 1.00 LEC O'Donnell, Tennyson MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM TBA WEA2  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: Seat Reservations: 3 seats for FY, 4 seats sophomore, 3 seats junior, 1 seat senior, 4 instructor reserved seats.
  This course delves into the ever-evolving information landscape, exploring how sources mediate knowledge in today's digital age. It emphasizes rhetorical source assessment, aiming to understand how information shapes meaning and our role in interpreting it. Students research topics of interest, applying rhetorical analysis to uncover and advocate for the significance of information presentation.
1548 RHET-302-01 Writing Theories and Practices 1.00 LEC Truman, James TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a 300-level elective.
  NOTE: Only open to the 15 students who are accepted to the Writing Associates program each year
  This course investigates the theories and practices of writing consultation in North American university writing centers as informed by studies in composition pedagogy, literacy, and rhetoric. Students will be introduced to the broad range of topics found at the intersection of practice and theory in writing centers, including socio-cultural dynamics, grammar instruction, English as a Second Language, learning disorders, critical reading, writing processes, and interpersonal communication. The course will encourage students to create new knowledge about writing and tutor research. By invitation only. For students admitted to the Writing Associates Program.
3307 RHET-340-01 Rhetorics of the Body 1.00 SEM Frymire, Erin MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM TBA HUIP  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  From wearing campaign buttons to lying in front of bulldozers, people use their bodies to make arguments and communicate ideas. This course will explore the concept of rhetorics of the body, which studies how people use their bodies in symbolic communication. We will begin by reading a series of texts theorizing the relationship between rhetoric and the body and how the body both constructs and is constructed by rhetorical communication. Students will research projects that explore the rhetorical situation and strategies of a specific activist or demonstration.
1688 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.
1592 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.
1561 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)
2552 RHET-498-01 Senior Thesis Part 1 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  This course is the first 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.
2281 EDUC-206-01 Data Visualization for All 1.00 SEM Dougherty, Jack MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM TBA NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with CLIC, PBPL, RHET, URST
  NOTE: 5 seats reserved for students who have completed EDUC 200, 5 instructor reserved seats.
  How can charts and maps tell meaningful stories? How can they mislead us from the truth? In this introductory hands-on course, we will create data visualizations in order to better understand design principles and develop a critical analysis of the field. Students will learn skills in both quantitative reasoning and digital storytelling as we advance from beginner tools to editing code templates. For the community learning component, our class will build interactive charts and maps on a public policy issue with a Hartford-area partner organization. No coding experience is necessary, but curiosity is required.