ENG 316 Advanced Argument Writing and Response: Theory and Practice

3 hours 

Advanced Argument Writing and Response: Theory and Practice takes the work begun in Argument Writing to a higher level. This writing-intensive course combines the composition practice with exposure to theories and paradigms of responses to writing. Assignments include advanced argument papers and analytical critiques of writing specific to the discipline. Students hone their critical skills and become expert judges of the composition process, their own writing, and of writing across the curriculum through reading and discussion of theoretical texts that reflect a variety of methodologies. A practicum is required.