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COMP 101 Composition 1: Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric 3 SH Composition 1: Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric is for students to gain confidence and fluency with writing and reading at the college level. The course teaches students how to write for various rhetorical situations in academic and non-academic genres. Through complex readings, students gain rhetorical knowledge as they critically analyze the audience, purpose, genre, and context of various forms; this knowledge is applied to their own writing. Students gain an introduction to finding, evaluating, and incorporating sources to support their own ideas. In addition, students learn to reflect critically on their writing and themselves as writers to encourage independent writing and revision in the future. All sections will have a trained course-embedded peer tutor attached, along with a requirement for interacting with the tutor and/or the Writing Center. This course fulfills the General Education Tier 1 Writing Competency.
COMP 102 Rhetoric and Research 3 SH This is a course dedicated to curiosity: formulating questions, tracking down answers, and writing the results using credible, intentional sources. Students practice the forms, styles, and motivations for academic and public research writing from an inquiry perspective. The course builds on the composing skills, rhetorical strategies, and source-supported arguments learned in WRT 101/COMP 101. Students will write and research for various contexts, and the course will culminate in a substantive, source-supported project. Prerequisites: Successful completion of COMP 101 / equivalent or appropriate placement.
COMP 201 Academic Resources and Citation 1 SH This course—which can be taught as classroom lecture, an online module or a hybrid—will be an introduction to academic research in the disciplines. It emphasizes electronic resources available through the library and proper citation in the style appropriate to the student’s major. Prerequisite: WRT 101 or appropriate placement.
COMP 300 Tutoring Writing 3 SH This course is designed to train and support new and continuing tutors currently employed by the Writing Center at Western Connecticut State University. The course prepares students to be effective tutors for peer writers by introducing them to effective writing, tutoring, and communication practices. the course is a co-requisite for those students wishing to work as peer tutors in the Writing Center. Co-requisite: Students must have successfully completed the application process and be currently employed or affiliated with the Writing Center at Western Connecticut State University. Permission of the instructor is required.
COMP 337 Teaching Writing in the Schools – Elementary and Middle Schools 3 SH A practical orientation to the composing process for potential and already-practicing elementary and middle school teachers. The course provides a theoretical and practical approach to the knowledge about rhetoric, composition, and developing learners that has recently come out of leading graduate schools. Prerequisite: completion of at least two “W” courses above the 100-level or permission of the instructor. This course is highly recommended for elementary education majors across the curriculum. Prerequisite: WRT 101/101P or appropriate placement.
COMP 347 Teaching Writing in the Schools-High School 3 SH A practical orientation to the composing process for potential and already-practicing high school teachers. The course provides a theoretical and practical approach to the knowledge about rhetoric and composition that has recently come out of leading graduate schools. Prerequisite: two “W” courses above the 100-level or permission of the instructor. This course is especially recommended for secondary education majors.
