ENGCMP 0610: Composing Digital Media

This course introduces students to both the rhetorical situation and multimodal design of digital media projects. In this course, students will learn the processes of brainstorming, designing, and revising by working on four major assignments, including advocacy posters, an interview podcast, an informative video, and a website portfolio. Through peer review activities, the class will work together to critique and improve each student’s work. As the course progresses, students will navigate their ways around Adobe Photoshop, Audition, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro, learning the ins and outs of photo, audio, and video composition and editing.

ENGCMP 0600: Intro to Technical Writing

In this course, students will have the opportunity to refine their ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences in the workplace and beyond it. They will learn the writing processes of brainstorming, drafting, and revising by working on three major assignments, including an instructional app project, a Wikipedia technical description, and a recommendation report. Through evaluation and peer-review activities, the class will work together to review, edit, and improve students’ work. This course will also prepare students  to write for public audiences through guided processes of research and writing.

ENGCMP 0152: ESL Workshop in Composition

This course introduces students to college composition and academic writing. It focuses on the teaching of rhetorical skills, critical thinking, and writing processes. In this course, students will learn the writing processes of brainstorming, drafting, and revising by working on three major writing assignments, including a literacy narrative, a Wikipedia edit, and a researched argument. Through language exercises and revising activities, the class will work together to review, edit, and improve each student’s work. This course will also prepare students to engage in global conversations through guided processes of research and writing.

ENGL 202: Research Writing

In this course, students sustain a semester-long research inquiry project, through which they learn the brainstorming, drafting, and revising processes for presenting a focused argument and backing it up with credible sources to persuade the audience. This course also teaches students how to evaluate and document sources, as well as how to analyze, paraphrase, and synthesize articles to avoid plagiarism.

ENGL 101: Composition and Public Advocacy

This course introduces students to college composition, with an eye toward encouraging students to connect with their communities of practice through multimodal public advocacy. Students will learn the public writing processes of researching a social problem, writing an argumentative essay to propose solutions, and designing a multimodal campaign to deliver their solutions. This course prepares students to become socially-responsible writers and designers who compose for not only academic but also public audiences.

ENGL 101: Composition and Digital Literacy

This course introduces students to college composition and academic writing with a focus on the rhetorical situations and writing processes of multiple genres, including both print-based and digital projects. Major assignments include a Wikipedia writing assignment, a researched argument, and a digital portfolio. This course prepares students to engage in computer-assisted composition through guided processes of research and design.