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Writing

Writing Courses
 
001F/G002F/G020F/G021F/G022F/G101F/G202F/G

Writing courses may not be used to fulfill the breadth requirement for the 1.0 course in Arts and Humanities needed for graduation.


Writing 001F/G, Introduction to Academic Writing in English as a Second Language
Description: Restricted to English as a Second Language students. The course will develop macro-level skills of planning and composing in the writing process, and pre-writing skills such as note-taking from lectures and academic readings. These will help students develop an appreciation for appropriate vocabulary, syntax, and style of the various discourse communities at the university and will also provide the content for writing exercises such as journal entries, summaries, position papers and short essays.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 002F/G.
4 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron)
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Writing 002F/G, Introduction to Writing in English
Description: Restricted to English as a Second Language students. This course will introduce the grammar and structure of English, as well as the conceptual and cultural conventions of university writing in English.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 001F/G.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(King's)
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Writing 020F/G, Writing: Introduction to University Essay Writing
Description: A practical introduction to the basics of successful academic writing, designed for first-year students in all disciplines. Topics will range from grammar, sentence structure, and paragraphing to the principles of scholarly argument and research.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 021F/G, Writing 101F/G.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
[This course will not serve as a prerequisite for any area of concentration]
(King's, Brescia)
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Writing 021F/G, Academic Writing in English as a Second Language
Description: Restricted to English as a Second Language students. The course continues to develop macro-level skills of planning and composing and refines writing skills by introducing language and citation coventions and self-editing for more complex wirting projects. Readings that explore questions of identity and relationships within western culture will stimulate critical reviews, reports, and research essays.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 020F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Writing 001F/G, or Writing 002F/G, or permission of the instructor.
4 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Huron)
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Writing 022F/G, University Writing in English
Description: Restricted to English as a Second Language Students. This course will build on writing skills developed in Writing 002F/G. It will provide students with intensive hands-on writing practice on a weekly basis and offer opportunities to develop research-based writing skills through various academic forms.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 020F/G and 021F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Writing 001F/G, 002F/G, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
(King’s)
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Writing 101F/G, Principles of Writing and Expository Method
Description: An introduction to the basic principles and techniques of good writing. Seminars (limited to 15 students each) will emphasize practical work and the development of writing skills for a variety of subjects and disciplines.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 121F/G
2 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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Writing 202F/G, Advanced Exposition, Rhetoric, and Persuasion
Description: An intensive, practical, and advanced study of patterns of exposition in prose. The course will examine complex prose, and assign exercises in a wide variety of disciplines and forms, including reports, persuasive prose, and argument.
Antirequisite(s): The former Writing 102F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Writing 101F/G.
2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, King's)
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