ENGL 302 - Discursive Writing

Units: 3
Theory and practice of discursive writing; critical reading and evaluation of formal and informal prose.

Prerequisites: Junior standing or above; and either CR (credit) in ENGL 300W or ENGL 301W and a score of 7 on the first-tier portfolio; or score of 7 or better on the Writing Skills test; or satisfaction of the graduation writing assessment requirement (GWAR) at any CSU campus including the UWSR at Cal State East Bay. Credit unavailable through challenge.
Credit Restrictions: Not for English major credit.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

write a variety of documents with clear focus, a variety of development strategies, and ideas and evidence in support of the writer’s intended purpose for a particular disciplinary or professional audience;
use a sophisticated structure in organizing essays and a range of transitions and other coherence devices to connect ideas within and between paragraphs;
use outside source materials appropriately to support the writer’s own ideas effectively;
edit essays at the sentence level in order to meet expectations of academic and professional audiences;
critically read and analyze formal and informal documents written for academic, professional, and lay audiences.