Class Detail
WRIT 2 - 22 Rhetoric and Inquiry
2024 Summer Quarter
Class Details
- Career
- Undergraduate
- Grading
- Student Option
- Class Number
- 70345
- Type
- Seminar
- Instruction Mode
- Asynchronous Online
- Credits
- 5 units
- General Education
- C
- Status
- Wait List
- Available Seats
- 0
- Enrollment Capacity
- 25
- Enrolled
- 25
- Wait List Capacity
- 999
- Wait List Total
- 1
Wait ListDescription
Provides declarative knowledge about writing, with a special focus on writing from research, composing in multiple genres, and transferring knowledge about writing to new contexts.
Enrollment Requirements
Prerequisite(s): WRIT 1, WRIT 1E, satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement, or course selection via Directed Self-Placement.
Class Notes
Enrollment is restricted to current UCSC students only.
Add deadline: June 28 at 5 p.m.
From the instructor - Theme: Theme: Rhetoric and Inquiry (or, Choose Your Own Research Adventure). The theme of this asynchronous online section of Writing 2 is ?rhetoric? and ?inquiry,? just like the course name implies. You?ll learn about rhetoric (invention, genre, audience, style, arrangement, and delivery), and you?ll ask and answer questions through conducting research and sharing your findings in rhetorically appropriate ways. What questions will you ask? That will be up to you, in large part. The subject matter you write about will be determined by your interests. And you?ll be able to choose, within certain parameters, how you find answers to the questions you pose.
Because this section of Writing 2 is online (asynchronous), there will be no regular class meetings with the instructor/whole class. You will, however, have the opportunity to join a writing group with other members of the class. (It?s an option. You will not be required to join a writing group.) I use contract grading for Writing 2, which means that at the start of the quarter, I?ll give you a list of what you need to do to earn a specific final course grade (A-F). Individual assignments will be given a score of ?complete? or ?incomplete,? and your final course grade will be determined by the number of complete scores you?ve earned. Students tell me that they prefer this type of grading because it frees them up to take productive risks as writers, and this is why I use it.
To be successful in this course, you need a computer and stable access to the internet, a good dose of internal motivation, and strong reading skills.
Add deadline: June 28 at 5 p.m.
From the instructor - Theme: Theme: Rhetoric and Inquiry (or, Choose Your Own Research Adventure). The theme of this asynchronous online section of Writing 2 is ?rhetoric? and ?inquiry,? just like the course name implies. You?ll learn about rhetoric (invention, genre, audience, style, arrangement, and delivery), and you?ll ask and answer questions through conducting research and sharing your findings in rhetorically appropriate ways. What questions will you ask? That will be up to you, in large part. The subject matter you write about will be determined by your interests. And you?ll be able to choose, within certain parameters, how you find answers to the questions you pose.
Because this section of Writing 2 is online (asynchronous), there will be no regular class meetings with the instructor/whole class. You will, however, have the opportunity to join a writing group with other members of the class. (It?s an option. You will not be required to join a writing group.) I use contract grading for Writing 2, which means that at the start of the quarter, I?ll give you a list of what you need to do to earn a specific final course grade (A-F). Individual assignments will be given a score of ?complete? or ?incomplete,? and your final course grade will be determined by the number of complete scores you?ve earned. Students tell me that they prefer this type of grading because it frees them up to take productive risks as writers, and this is why I use it.
To be successful in this course, you need a computer and stable access to the internet, a good dose of internal motivation, and strong reading skills.
Meeting Information
| Days & Times | Room | Instructor | Meeting Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Shearer,H.M. | 06/24/24 - 08/30/24 |