UT El Paso Courses
English 5311 is a required course for the MA in Professional Writing and Rhetoric. In this course we will examine various theories of argument and persuasion from antiquity to the present and from a variety of standpoints such as identity, instruction, and technology. Students look at ways in which to analyze, evaluate, construct, and theorize about argumentative and persuasive discourse.
Among other benefits, this course helps students expand the horizons of their rhetorical studies, improve their ability to adapt written arguments and persuasive discourse to differing audiences in various contexts, as well as enable them to become a more effective teacher of argumentative writing.
Editing
English 3358, the special topics course on editing, covers what students need to know about precise, clean, efficient writing. The class does not just cover grammar and style-although there will be much of that. Students will also discuss the connections between language and meaning, the role of editors, and issues such as sexist language. Additionally, studentsconsider editors' concerns with document design, graphics, and online documentation.Although students will examine, consider, and remember a number of "rules" for writing, one premise that the classs will ike to start with is that language is not an exact science. Rather, it is a fluid, constantly changing form. This course will help students understand that form--what creates it and what changes it--and provide stuents with a framework of knowledge they can apply to their writing throughout their lifetime.
Research and Critical Writing
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Honors
The theme of Honors English 1312 is history. This is not to say that students memorize facts and names; there will be no quizzes on the dates of the Italian Renaissance or the names of Civil War heroes. Rather, students consider and examine the ways in which history is rhetorical--the ways in which it is constructed, analyzed, revised, and forgotten. Some areas of consideration include autobiographical texts, visual presentations of the past, and revisionist history. By the end of the semester, students appreciate how much of history is caught up in everyday writing problems such as research, invention, bias, style, argumentation, and revision. Writing projects include close analyses of essays authors such as Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Louise Pratt, and Patricia Limerick; examinations of ways history is created in high art and popular culture; and the creation of personal histories.
Writing about Literature
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