English 1302

English 1302 is an integrated course in critical thinking, reading, and writing, with special emphasis on argument. Attention is given to identifying and taking positions on issues, developing ideas, both through reasoning and library research, and writing well-developed papers that exhibit an awareness of particular audiences. You will be taught argumentative strategies, analytical models, argumentative proofs, modes of appeal, and methods of reasoning. Special applications are made but not limited to scholarly argument.