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The
course listed below do not satisfy area or divisional distribution credit.
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CRN |
93284 |
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Course
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Title |
The
Art of Persuasion |
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Professor |
Doris Stewart |
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Schedule |
Tu Th
4:30 pm – 5:50 pm OLIN 306 |
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2 credits
The Art of Persuasion will be an intensive writing course that explores what
makes a successful persuasive analytic essay. We will begin by looking at how
an argument is constructed: how a writer establishes authority and develops an
argument using various logical
strategies. Students will then select a topic of their choosing to develop and
argue. The basis for discussion will be essays by contemporary writers who
articulate ideas on large and controversial subjects such as sexuality, human
rights, gender identity, class, and race. Class discussion will focus on both
the subject and the rhetorical strategies used in these essays. In small group
workshops, students will explore the writing process from invention to the
first draft through intensive revision. In the end, students will understand
the writing process more clearly and leave with strategies to produce more
effective academic essays.