Writing & Analyzing Arguments

WRI 1100 provides instruction and practice in college-level writing tasks, emphasizing the writing of arguments and the awareness that argument is the cornerstone of academic writing. Students will develop critical thinking skills and academic writing skills by reading, analyzing, and understanding complex texts. In order to learn how to write college-level arguments, students will refine their writing processes, develop their awareness of audience and rhetorical context, develop information literacy including the effective and proper use of source material, and expand their repertoires of rhetorical strategies and organizational techniques. Note: credit may not be earned for both WRI 1100 and WRI 1150