Advanced Writing Courses

The Composition Program’s Advanced Writing courses invite students to continue developing as writers and researchers by preparing for writing futures after college. Many of these courses are designed for students with specific academic or professional interests but they all focus on research-based writing including finding, evaluating, and integrating evidence from outside sources. These courses consider the possibilities and problems of writing technologies like generative AI and give students the opportunity to create 21st century compositions like podcasts, websites, or short-form videos in addition to traditional academic papers.

The courses in the 2800 series fulfill the BRICKS Advanced Writing requirement while allowing students to choose a course that best fits their major or other interests. Learn how knowledge gets created in your own field through Writing & Rhetoric II (ENG 2800) or prepare for workplace writing by choosing Professional Writing & Rhetoric (ENG 2803). Students who want to understand how language background or gender shapes writing may select Multilingual Writing & Rhetoric (ENG 2804) or Gender, Writing, and Rhetoric (ENG 2806). STEM students can develop as science writers in either Environmental Writing & Rhetoric (ENG 2801) or Scientific Writing and Rhetoric (ENG 2809).

Learning Outcomes for the Advanced Writing Series

Students will be able to:

1. Identify the rhetorical context, purpose, and appropriate uses of writing technologies for a writing project.
2. Apply appropriate concepts from Composition Studies to their writing and shape their work for specific discourse communities and audiences relevant to their academic, professional, or other identities.
3. Employ genre, disciplinary, and stylistic conventions appropriately to both compose for specific audiences and analyze texts and/or media.
4. Research, evaluate, synthesize, incorporate, and document other texts in order to develop their own purposes for particular audiences.
5. Effectively use conventions (e.g., formatting, syntax, citation) appropriate for the rhetorical context.