This course provides the necessary foundation for students to be able to examine critical and rhetorical theories related to writing. Students will engage academic discourse to synthesize and analyze existing theoretical frameworks and apply them in their own writing. This course prepares students to write for academic contexts and to propose writing-related research.

Learning outcomes:

1. Evaluate current theories related to composition, writing, and language
2. Describe how theories of composition are employed in academic writing and composition pedagogy
3. Implement theoretical inquiries into their own academic writing