English Composition 2 (ENGL 1302)

Instructor: Cassandra Neace

This course is a more extensive study of the skills introduced in ENGL 1301 with an emphasis on Emphasis on persuasive techniques, style, and research skills. This course will provide you with the basic tools and skills essential in developing a clear, concise writing style. Upon completing the course, you will have gained an understanding of rhetorical devices, how to use them effectively and writing as a process. You will also acquire research and documentation skills that will help you in upper level courses. To excel as a writer, however, you must excel as a reader, and perhaps more importantly, as a thinker. You will develop the critical and analytical skills that will help you in both academic and professional environments. In short, the skills you develop in this course will enable you to express yourself clearly and effectively. You should also be able to critically examine different kinds of information and arrive at an informed decision or opinion based on that analysis. Further, you will learn how to articulate that opinion in writing and verbally so that it achieves the desired effect on your audience