WR 122_H - Argument, Research and Multimodal Composition-Honors

4 Credit(s)

While continuing the concerns of WR 121, WR 122 focuses on persuasion and argument supported by external research, including the processes of finding and evaluating sources, citing, documenting, and integrating source material into the student’s own text. Both subjects –argument and research– are presented in the context of critical reading and the writing. This honors class delves deeper into course topics and requires a high level of student motivation; the pace may be faster than non-honors courses. See lanecc.edu/honors for information. Students cannot receive credit for both WR 122_H and WR 122.

Prerequisite: WR 121  or WR 121_H  
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Engage in and value a respectful and free exchange of ideas

2. Demonstrate effective critical thinking and reading skills of college-level texts

3. Make appropriate and effective rhetorical choices within specific Writing Situations during multiple stages of the writing process, including: invention, drafting, revising, and editing

4. Employ appropriate methods of development and support within their written arguments

5. Engage in an effective research process, demonstrate effective use of quality resources, and accurately and consistently cite sources using appropriate documentation style(s) in accordance with a documentation handbook

6. Effectively employ and critically analyze the accepted conventions and formatting of academic

7. Identify differences in rhetorical strategies and devices in different systems

8. Develop an understanding of why rhetorical systems differ

9. Develop an understanding of the features and uses of Black American rhetoric

10. Examine the social, historical, cultural, economic, and legal framework of rhetorical systems