EN 305 - Composition Theory

Semester Hour(s): 3
Semester(s) Offered: Spring odd years
Pre-Requisite(s): EN 101, EN 140
This course provides an introduction to the theories and issues that inform the discipline commonly known as rhetoric and composition, including writing-across-the-curriculum and professional communication. The course is intended to be a survey of movements and topics important to the discipline of composition. Many - but not all - of these relate to writing instruction. Course topics include history of rhetoric and composition; writers, writing and revisions; reading; genre theory; writing-across-the-curriculum; matters of identity and language. This course is appropriate for anyone who expects to teach writing and/or who is interested in the study of writing.