ENGH 822: Studies in Composition

ENGH 822-B01: Writing and Social Change
(Summer 2014)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM MW

Section Information for Summer 2014

In social communities of all kinds writing enables people to achieve specific objectives.  This course explores the ways written communication and discourse enables these communities to create, manage, and stabilize change.  The course will emphasize rhetorical genre theory and the ways writing both constitutes and reflects change processes. The course includes an overview of current research and theory on writing and systemic and cultural change with an emphasis on the processes involved in creating change.  Participants will explore rhetoric's contribution to understanding the motives and means of change, especially in looking at image, narrative and identity.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Offers advanced study of theoretical, practical, or pedagogical topics related to composition. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 12 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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