ENG 205 - Research-Based Writing

Provides students with intensive experience in research-based academic writing. The course focuses on the shaping and presenting of reports, analyses, and arguments, with special attention to research methodologies, the nature of evidence and evidence use, style(s) and voice(s), audience issues, and document design. Includes the study of essential elements of rhetorical theory; experience with historical, ethnographic, and empirical research methods; and use of textbased and multimodal written forms, including essays, reports, narrative, and visual/electronic text. This course is appropriate for all majors, and no specialized writing experience is assumed. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits