WPA / English 131 and English 141 Outcomes
English 131 Outcomes
English 131 Outcomes: English 131, Rhetoric and Writing I, at UCCS is aligned with the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Recommended Outcomes for First-Year Writing Curricula (College English, Volume 63, Number 3, January 2001).
Rhetorical Knowledge
Students should…
- Focus on a purpose
- Respond to the needs of different audiences and rhetorical situations
- Use conventions of format and structure, and adopt a voice and tone appropriate to the rhetorical situation
- Understand how genres shape reading and writing
- Write in various genres, including personal, critical, analytical, reflective and oral discourse
- Acquire a basic rhetorical vocabulary (appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos and recognition of argumentative stases)
- Employ rhetorical theory (vocabulary, principles and strategies) in the analysis of texts
Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing
Students should…
- Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking and communicating
- Read diverse texts which responsibly represent difference [gender, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation] as integral to the study of language theory and practice
- Read texts that address issues in rhetoric and writing as language matters
- Understand writing assignments as series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate content and sources
- Integrate their own ideas with those of others
- Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power through the reading and analysis of academic essays
Writing Processes
Students should…
- Generate multiple drafts to complete a successful text
- Develop strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading texts
- Use later invention strategies to rethink and revise their texts
- Understand writing as a social process and use collaborative strategies throughout the process
- Effectively critique their writing and that of their peers
- Use computer technology throughout the writing process
Knowledge of Conventions
Students should…
- Format analytical academic texts
- Employ genre conventions relative to structure, paragraphing, tone and mechanics
- Integrate ideas, cite course readings, and document the readings as warranted
- Demonstrate control over their written language, including syntax, punctuation, grammar, and spelling
English 141 Outcomes
English 141 Outcomes: English 141, Argument and Research at UCCS is aligned with the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Recommended Outcomes for First-Year Writing Curricula (College English, Volume 63, Number 3, January 2001).
Rhetorical Knowledge
Students should…
- Focus on a purpose
- Use classical stasis theory for rhetorical invention
- Respond to the needs of different audiences and rhetorical situations by casting arguments in appropriate stases
- Use conventions of format and structure, and adopt a voice and tone appropriate to the rhetorical situation
- Understand how argument and research genres shape reading and writing
Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing
Students should…
- Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking and communicating
- Extend inquiry to deepen their understanding of complex issues
- Understand argumentative writing and research processes as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate content and sources
- Integrate their own ideas with those of others
- Demonstrate dialectical reasoning
- Use logical, emotional and ethical appeals as appropriate to rhetorical situation
- Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power through the reading and analysis of argumentative essays
Writing Processes
Students should…
- Generate multiple drafts to complete a successful argumentative text
- Develop strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading texts
- Use later invention strategies to rethink and revise their argumentative texts
- Generate multiple accounts [summative, analytical, argumentative, shifting stases] of an issue articulated incrementally across time
- Write in multiple argumentative stases
- Understand writing as a social process and use collaborative strategies throughout the process
- Effectively critique their argumentative essays and those of their peers
- Use computer technology throughout the research and writing process
Knowledge of Conventions
Students should…
- Format documented argumentative essays, and research essays
- Employ genre conventions relative to structure, paragraphing, tone and mechanics
- Integrate ideas, cite course readings, and document research as warranted
- Demonstrate control over their written language, including syntax, punctuation, grammar, and spelling
