ENGL 481

Spring 2025 All Classes

All Classes

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Study of the history and theory of written composition. This course explores basic rhetorical principles, various theoretical perspectives in the field of composition/rhetoric, and helps students form practical approaches to the guidance of, response to, and structuring of student writing.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

ENGL 481 class schedule data for spring 2025
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
44165
Lecture-Discussion
1G
1:00PM -1:50PM
MWF
331 Gregory Hall
Gallagher, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Info:
SP25 - ENGL 481 - Composition Theory and Practice - Peter Mortensen - Opinions about writing abound. As an English/language arts teacher at the middle or secondary level, you’ll have to contend with these opinions—thoughtful or not—while doing what few people have the talent to do: create an environment in which students write to discover what they know about themselves and their worlds. Your odds of success will increase if you appreciate yourself as a writer, warts and all. You’ll better your odds, too, if you can situate your own writing, and then your teaching of writing, in the context of findings from careful research on literacy, its acquisition, and its lifelong practice. Come prepared to question what you know about writing and how you learned it.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
39291
Lecture-Discussion
1U
1:00PM -1:50PM
MWF
331 Gregory Hall
Gallagher, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
SP25 - ENGL 481 - Composition Theory and Practice - Peter Mortensen - Opinions about writing abound. As an English/language arts teacher at the middle or secondary level, you’ll have to contend with these opinions—thoughtful or not—while doing what few people have the talent to do: create an environment in which students write to discover what they know about themselves and their worlds. Your odds of success will increase if you appreciate yourself as a writer, warts and all. You’ll better your odds, too, if you can situate your own writing, and then your teaching of writing, in the context of findings from careful research on literacy, its acquisition, and its lifelong practice. Come prepared to question what you know about writing and how you learned it.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to English or Creative Writing major(s) or minor(s). Not intended for students with Freshman class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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