GEW 101B - Writing as a Rhetorical Act

Units: 3

Focuses on writing as critical inquiry through readings of cultural texts. Students learn to further question, explore, explain, analyze, develop, and critique ideas effectively at an accelerated pace; undertake writing projects that have depth and complexity; and make appropriate decisions about argument, structure, and rhetorical conventions. Students are expected to reflect critically on their processes of writing and reading, and to interrogate the ways in which texts (re)produce particular social constructions and power relations, such as those around gender, race, nationality, class, disability, and sexuality.

Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students in English Placement category 1 or 2, or students who have completed GEW 101A with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.

Satisfies GE area: A2