WSCR Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in Writing, Public Speaking, and Critical Reasoning offers students a coherent program of courses that strengthen students' abilities to write well, to speak effectively in public, and to think critically. This minor is built on courses in English, Writing, and Philosophy and is taught by professors from English, Philosophy, and the Honors College.
32070
Community Literacy In The Virtual World
ENG 413: Theories of Literacy explores the history of and current ways in which reading and writing work in our global, digital world and what that means for diverse stakeholders in local communities. In the university, we tend to privilege academic... (read more)
35447
Emphasis on form, function, and style of scientific, professional and technical writing: weekly writing assignments include proposals, reports, definitions, instructions, summaries. Use of documentation in publication. Junior standing required. Prerequisite: completion of UO writing requirement... (read more)
35449
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business and management students.
WR 321 offers practice in writing and analyzing communication common to business, industry, and related professions. Students will... (read more)
35450
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business and management students.
WR 321 offers practice in writing and analyzing communication common to business, industry, and related professions. Students will... (read more)
35792
This course satisfies an Arts and Letters Group requirement. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of the rhetorical principles that underlie the invention of arguments, i.e. the process that leads to the selection of premises and appeals that become the basis for reasoned... (read more)
35820
In this course, you will explore important concepts in rhetoric and in argumentation theory, and you will practice reasoning, speaking, and writing as ways to develop fruitful and constructive questions and build fitting and convincing arguments. You will gain higher skills in discovering the... (read more)
22044
In this course, you will review and explore important concepts in rhetoric and argumentation theory, and you will gain skill in discovering the questions that drive controversies and the arguments that can be made on all the different sides of an issue. You will also practice speaking, writing,... (read more)
22065
Bullshit, Fake News, and Argumentation
The practice of bullshitting (“speech intended to persuade without regard for truth”) is firmly sedimented into civic life in the 21st century. Examples are everywhere: fake social media accounts and highjacked elections, accusations of... (read more)
25502
Emphasis on form, function, and style of scientific, professional and technical writing: weekly writing assignments include proposals, reports, definitions, instructions, summaries. Use of documentation in publication. Junior standing required. Prerequisite: completion of UO writing requirement... (read more)
25503
Emphasis on form, function, and style of scientific, professional and technical writing: weekly writing assignments include proposals, reports, definitions, instructions, summaries. Use of documentation in publication. Junior standing required. Prerequisite: completion of UO writing requirement... (read more)
25504
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business and management students.
WR 321 offers practice in writing and analyzing communication common to business, industry, and related professions. Students will... (read more)
25505
Practice in writing and analyzing internal and external messages common to business, industry, and professions. Suggested for business and management students.
WR 321 offers practice in writing and analyzing communication common to business, industry, and related professions. Students will... (read more)
26408
In this course we will examine theories of reasoned-based argumentation in the oral mode, and then incorporate those theories into the practice of making effective speeches that advocate for particular positions on arguable issues of public concern. We will analyze and critique oral arguments as... (read more)
26413
We are going to look very closely at sentences to see how they work, how the individual parts of speech draw together into syntax, and what effect (artistic and otherwise) these patterns of syntax create. The course will mix technical study of sentence structure and reflection upon their artful... (read more)
26424
How are we persuaded? What is rhetoric? What is rhetorical criticism? What can rhetorical criticism do? How can it help us? In this course, we will explore the potential of rhetorical criticism. You will gain knowledge of rhetorical theory and rhetorical criticism, and you will gain experience... (read more)
12461
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12491
On- or off-campus internship in a variety of writing or literacy-related settings in connection with designated courses. Repeatable.
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16892
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32154
In this course we will examine theories of argumentation in the oral mode, and then incorporate those theories into the practice of making... (read more)
35049
Instructor: Alvarado R
Introduction to thinking and reasoning critically. How to recognize, analyze, criticize, and construct arguments.
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