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Composition I

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
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TuTh 10a.m. – 1p.m.		 REMOTE 3 $1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)
Date
-
Time
TuTh 10a.m. – 1p.m.
Location
REMOTE
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)

Description

Composition I is an introductory course on writing theory and practice that helps undergraduate students develop critical, flexible strategies for writing and reading across various contexts, communities, and disciplines. Through the study of theories of writing, students in Composition I gain knowledge of core key concepts, including audience, purpose, and genre, which help them understand writing as a rhetorical meaning-making activity that responds to situations and generates new perspectives. Through cycles of writing, feedback, revision, and reflection, students advance their ability to develop informed, critical perspectives and articulate claims in dialogue with complex texts. Students gain rhetorical awareness by composing texts that account for audience expectations for language and genre and reflecting on their own writing and learning. The flexible, adaptable writing knowledge and practices developed in Composition I are designed to facilitate students' self-reflective writing in other contexts.

Registration will begin July 31st

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Course Details

Session

Summer Session 1, 6 weeks

Class Dates

-

Location

REMOTE

Enrolled / Capacity

12 / 16

Status

Closed

Instructor

Elizabeth Raptis

Prerequisites

Degree students only

Tuition*

$1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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