Writing 211
Intro to Professional Writing
In WRIT211, students will analyze and produce several common forms of professional communication, such as emails, memos, letters, job search materials, reports, proposals, and presentations. Throughout the course, students will work on practicing writing processes, developing an appropriate style, learning professional problem-solving, and integrating oral and written communication. Because much of the communicative work produced in the workplace is collaborative, some of these assignments will require that you collaborate with others in the class to complete them. As you complete these individual and collaborative assignments, we will work together toward understanding how to think critically and analyze and react to rhetorical situations each genre and writing situation presents, including issues of audience, organization, visual design, style, and the material production of documents.
Writing 212
Writing for Transfer Students
WRIT212, a writing course for transfer students, addresses argumentative writing in academic contexts. This course emphasizes research-driven writing and is in keeping with Binghamton University's commitment to writing as central to academic inquiry. The course treats writing and research as a process, emphasizes revision, and gives students an opportunity to investigate how to write research-driven texts in disciplines that interest them. Students will learn how to manage projects, conduct academic research, evaluate evidence, and analyze arguments. They will learn to use rhetorical analysis as a way to identify what is required to write effectively in different contexts. Through a process of practice, observation and reflection, students will also learn how to plan and deliver effective presentations.
Writing 222
Advanced Argumentative Writing
This course teaches students to critically read, analyze, and develop arguments so they can write evidence-based academic and non-academic argumentative texts. It focuses on the ways academics gather and assess evidence, and use that evidence to develop, frame, and support their claims. Advanced argumentative writing builds on, and often contests, existing research to put forth new, compelling ideas that invite challenges to test their validity and worth. This process requires significant research, careful vetting of sources, and often involves substantial revision. This course will engage students in these activities and help them develop the rhetorical techniques of argumentation they need to add their voices to important scholarly and civic conversations. Please note: While WRIT 111 is not a prerequisite to WRIT 222, this course is intended for students who have the foundational familiarity with academic argumentative writing WRIT 111 provides.
Writing 250
Foundations in Writing Studies
Whether you know writing will be part of your professional success or are fascinated by the world of text that surrounds us, you also know that "writing" means many things, including articles, instagram poetry, social media posts, lab reports and policy papers. This course introduces you to Writing Studies, a field that explored how we define what writers know, who writers are, and how forms of writing emerge. You'll investigate social, cultural, technological and historical contexts for writing, and define what it means for you to write critically as part of digital, civic, and professional life.
For more information on any of these classes, contact Sean Fenty, Director, Writing Initiative and First-Year Writing, or Angie Pelekidis, Associate Director of First-Year Writing.
