writing (WRT 104)

Summer College students in Engineering, Law, and Public Communications register for one course in addition to their primary program course.  WRT 104, Introduction to College Level Writing, is offered in addition to the many courses listed on the 2009 Liberal Arts Course List and is highly recommended as this second course.  
 
Summer College Liberal Arts students who make their primary course selection from the 2009 Liberal Arts Course List are automatically enrolled in WRT 104 as their complimentary course.  Liberal Arts students are permitted to petition the Director of Summer College to take an alternate course from the list.  Petitioning students should indicate their desired courses with the submission of their application.  This petition will be considered in conjunction with the application review.  Petitions received post-admission are also accepted.
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION
WRT 104, Introduction to College Level Writing
Writing 104 is an introduction to the kinds of writing that students will be expected to engage in at the university, in writing courses as well as any course that requires written work. Broadly stated, the goals for the course are to become better writers and more skilled readers and thinkers, to try new ways of writing and begin to develop specific strategies to understand complex texts, and to see the relationship between reading and writing. There will be a strong emphasis on developing new and more advanced reading strategies, as well as on articulating new ideas and making interpretive claims.
 
To learn more about SU’s Writing Center visit http://iwca.syr.edu.