WRTG 150
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Writing and Rhetoric
Course Description
Writing and research with a focus on inquiry, information literacy, rhetorical awareness, genre knowledge, and reflection. Emphasizes writing as a flexible process and writers as curious, open, and charitable.
When Taught
Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer.
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3
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3
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3
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0
Note
Fulfills General Education First-Year Writing requirement. Additional seats for specific sections may be available to First-Year Mentoring participants through envelopes. NOTE: Also offered by BYU Independent Study; enroll anytime throughout year; one year to complete; additional tuition required.
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Project Management and Collaboration
Learning Outcome
Employ flexible strategies and processes, both individual and collaborative, for planning, researching, drafting, and revising written and oral technical communication, including effective and ethical use of GenAI tools.
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Rhetorical Situation
Learning Outcome
Identify aspects of professional cultures, contexts, and audiences that inform the creation of effective technical communication, and compose documents tailored to the needs of a variety of expert and non-expert audiences.
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Genre
Learning Outcome
Recognize and analyze the factors that shape various technical communication genres. Implement that understanding in producing various technical writing genres.
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Ethics
Learning Outcome
Compose technical documents that strive for universal design and that account for the myriad ethical complexities of effective technical communication.
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Research and Information Literacy
Learning Outcome
Develop discipline-specific information literacy skills in identifying, evaluating, and ethically incorporating research of various kinds-including library research-into technical communication.
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Style
Learning Outcome
Write coherent, unified texts using a voice, tone, and level of formality that effectively communicates technical information to expert and non-expert audiences
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Design
Learning Outcome
Apply basic principles of document design to technical documents, including effective use of tables, figures, and other forms of data visualization.
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Reflection
Learning Outcome
Reflect on and develop their identity as writers by evaluating the rhetorical effectiveness and ethical implications of all technical communication decisions.
