RC 1000 + RC 2000: Introduction to Writing & Inquiry PLUS Writing Lab
Description
RC 1000 + RC 2000: Introduction to Writing & Inquiry, is a course designed to support development of effective rhetorical and argumentative strategies, especially in an academic context. This course is designed to aid students in thoughtfully producing texts and confidently taking authority of ideas and arguments.
A corequisite online lab, RC 2000 (Writing for Proficiency), supports the maturation of students' writing skills, mechanics, and process; research habits and techniques; authorial confidence and authority; revision strategies; and more. This lab acts as the practical application and supportive extension facilitating achievement of RC 1000 goals and objectives, as well as college-level expectations.
- Graded, 4-credit hour, academic writing course + 2-hour online writing lab.
- Completed during your first 30 hours at Appalachian.
- Requires process writing, culminating in a final e-portfolio.
- Curriculum introduces college writing, while also emphasizing analysis, argumentation, academic research skills, and information literacy.
- Assignments require effectively focusing on one idea, developing that idea, supporting it with credible evidence, accurately documenting sources, and organizing your writing for an academic audience.
- Most sections feature multimodal composing to prepare students for the variety of writing situations and tools they will later encounter.
- Co-requisite writing lab allows students to receive additional one-on-one support from their writing instructor, ranging from work on sentence-level issues to holistic draft revisions.
- Registration approval is required to enroll in these courses.
- Ideally, a student who chooses to enroll in RC 1000 + RC 2000 recognizes her/his ability to be successful in a college-level writing course with additional personal investment and instructor support.