Writing and Rhetoric (WRIT)

WRIT 0940:   Integrated English and Reading  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Integrated Reading and Writing is a course for students who need Intermediate Writing and/or Intermediate Reading. the course focuses on improving the ability to read and comprehend college-level materials and clearly communicate thoughts through writing in response to readings. Limited to students whose ACT Reading score is below 17 with ACT English score above 17 or ACT English score is below 14, or SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (ERW) score is below 470.   
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 0970:   Intermediate Reading  
Writing and Rhetoric  
A remedial course designed to help students improve basic reading skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students whose ACT reading subscore is less than 17, SAT verbal score is less than 400 or SATR Evidence Based Reading and Writing score is less than 470 must enroll in DS 097 during their first semester of enrollment and continue in the course until receiving a passing grade. Students with ACT reading scores of 17, 18, or 19 are encouraged to take Intermediate Reading. Students enrolled in Intermediate Reading are not allowed to enroll in courses that are considered reading intensive. (nondegree).  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 0980:   Intermediate English  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Intermediate Writing focuses on composition skills that are necessary for success in WRIT 1000. Enrollment in specific paired (corequisite) sections of WRIT 1000 is mandatory. The course is limited to students whose ACT English area score is 14, 15, or 16, and whose ACT Reading area score is greater than 16. (non-degree credit)   
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
WRIT 1000:   Intro. to College Writing  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Prepares students to write in college by focusing on writing as process for a variety of contexts and audiences. Develops information literacy, awareness of conventions, skills of inquiry, exploration, and argumentation. Includes frequent conferencing with instructors and multimodal writing presented in ePortfolios. A student may not receive credit for both Writ 100 and Writ 101.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
WRIT 0980, if required.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
Course Fees:
$32.00
  
WRIT 1010:   First-Year Writing I  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Prepares students to write in college by focusing on writing as process for a variety of contexts and audiences. Develops information literacy, awareness of conventions, skills of inquiry, exploration, and argumentation. Includes mulitmodal writing presented in ePortfolios. A student may not receive credit for both Writ 100 and Writ 101.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
WRIT 0980, if required.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
Course Fees:
$32.00
  
WRIT 1020:   First-Year Writing II  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Writing processes, skills on inquiry, exploration, and argumentation, with special emphasis on research, information literacy, and writing for a variety of contexts and audiences. Includes multimodal writing presented in ePortfolios.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
HONR 1010 or WRIT 1000 or WRIT 1010.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
Course Fees:
$32.00
  
WRIT 1750:   Intro. to Professional Writing  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course prepares students to write effectively in the workplace. Students gain experience developing communication skills, understanding target audiences, gathering information, creating presentations, and writing individual and collaborative documents, including memos, letters, and brief reports.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 2050:   Writ. for College and Expl.  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course will allow students to explore ideas and identities through academic and personal writing.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
WRIT 1000 or WRIT 1010 or HONR 1010.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 2100:   Rhet. I: Foundations to 1650  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course surveys rhetorical (both Western and non-Western) practices as they originated and developed in diverse civilizations and times up to the mid-17th century. Students will learn history and theory and apply it to contemporary situations.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 2200:   Survey of Rhetoric  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This is a course in rhetorical theory and practice. Students will analyze rhetoric from various discourse communities and apply lessons through writing projects and oral presentations.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 2500:   Advanced Composition  
Writing and Rhetoric  
A course extending the skills of academic writing and research established in first-year writing. Students analyze readings of increasing complexity, write in a variety of genres, construct ePortfolios, compose presentations with electronic tools, and choose their fields of emphases for research projects.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(HONR 1010 or WRIT 1000 or WRIT 1010) and (EGLS 102 or LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020).  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3000:   Rhetoric of Professional Comm.  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This class introduces students to the rhetorical principles and practices of professional and technical writing, particularly the research, writing, communication, analytical, and technological skills needed to succeed within the professional writing minor and in professional and technical communication careers after graduation.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3010:   Responding to Writers  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course introduces students to writing center history, theories, and practices, prepares them to work in writing centers as peer tutors, and introduces the fundamentals of writing center administration and accreditation.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3100:   Writ. in Professional Contexts  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Basic principles of rhetoric and composition applied to professional writing. Rhetoric of the workplace, electronic contexts, page design, research tools and practices, genres and conventions, and professional style.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3140:   Writ. in the Hlth Professions  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Students will learn to communicate effectively and responsibly with a wide range of health care audiences, including patients, clients, caregivers, medical colleagues, and the public. Students will research and write about contemporary issues in the health professions.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3200:   Technical Writing  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course provides an intensive study of technical style and information design in various formats, modes, and platforms. Students gain experience developing technical reports, iterating user documentation, and representing complex information to varied audiences.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3400:   Contemporary Writing Studies  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course introduces students to the contemporary history of and various trends within writing studies, with a particular focus on composition theories prevailing from 1960 to the present.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3450:   Community Writing  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course offers experiential lessons in research and writing to benefit a campus or community partner. Students will assess community needs, research local issues, and develop written deliverables.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3500:   Writing for Digital Media  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Fundamental concepts of the demands of writing for electronic audiences across a variety of platforms, with an emphasis on the interaction of the medium and the message. Web authoring, markup language, social media, remixing, and media convergence.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3600:   Document Design  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course teaches document design in print and digital formats as a means of communication and problem solving in professional contexts.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and WRIT 3000 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3700:   Editing and Proofreading  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course is a writing-intensive workshop focused on producing effective and eloquent prose through successive drafts, peer editing, and proofreading.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3800:   Scientific Writing  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course is the study and practice of scientific writing in the natural and physical sciences. Students will analyze and prepare laboratory reports, research proposals, manuscripts, and posters. They will translate complex scientific concepts into clear prose suitable for public audiences.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3810:   Writ. and Artificial Int.  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Study and practice of writing with generative artificial intelligence. Students will learn context and theoretical foundations of AI and will practice using AI tools effectively and ethically as researchers.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(WRIT 1020 or LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3999A:   Top. in Writ. St. on Location  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Students enroll in a writing studies topic either with a UM faculty member through an approved study on location course, or through approved course work at a foreign university. May be repeated once for credit with change in topic.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 3999B:   Special Topics  
Writing and Rhetoric  
May be repeated once with change in topic.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 4100:   Grant Writing  
Writing and Rhetoric  
Study and practice in grant and proposal writing in business and organizational settings. Conventions for grant writing in nonprofit settings, consultant writing for proposals, science writing for government grants, small business grant writing. Emphasis on specific genres and transferable rhetorical skills.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 4150:   Digital Rhetoric  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course explores the theoretical relationships between messages and media, and how contemporary theorists have both extended existing rhetorical conceptions as well as created frameworks to understand electronic networks.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020 or WRIT 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 4400:   Writing for Accountancy  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course covers rhetorical, analytical, and research skills for writers in accountancy and related fields. Students will write academic and professional documents in multiple genres and modes.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(WRIT 1020 or LIBA 1020 or HONR 1020) and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
WRIT 6170:   Tching First-year Composition  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This seminar prepares graduate students for teaching first-year composition. Graduates learn fundamentals of composition theory, assignment design, assessment, and problem-solving.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
WRIT 6710:   Thry & Pract. of Writ. Consult  
Writing and Rhetoric  
This course prepares graduate writing fellows to serve as writing consultants to faculty in multiple disciplines, aiding them in conceiving, designing, and teaching writing projects in undergraduate classrooms.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship