TH198

Improve rhetorical sophistication by learning to make choices as writers and by developing their abilities: to discern different situations, aims and purposes in writing; to use different modes of inquiry, development, and presentation in writing; to modulate their written voices, diction, and style according to different situations; to edit their own writing for grammatical correctness and appropriate usage; to develop writing points, judgments and critical perspectives coherently with appropriate support and evidence; and, to respond to, evaluate, & revise their own & other's writing.

Develop their abilities to engage critically with various kinds of discourse, texts, and information, learning: to describe, summarize and analyze discourse, texts and information accurately; to develop critical strategies for researching, evaluating, interpreting, and documenting various discourse, texts, and information to use researched material for support and evidence in analytical and rhetorical writing.

Develop skills and abilities in reading, writing, and critical thinking, learn how written language informs or affects our understanding of human values, cultural perspectives or interrelatedness of disciplines.