TRS 90, Reading For Ideas (3 credits). This course introduces students to strategies for reading the types of texts assigned in entry-level college courses.

TRS 91, Intro To Academic Writing (3 credits). This course introduces students to the strategies that are fundamental to writing source-based texts. Emphasis is on summary, response, analysis, and syntheses of multiple resources.

Comp 125, Reading In College (3 credits). This course introduces students to the purposes and practices of scholarship, with an intensive emphasis on the interplay of reading and writing in academic work. This course is designed for students who need a more closely guided and intensive introduction to academic reading and writing. Completion of Comp 125 and 126 will fulfill the first-year academic writing requirement.

Comp 126, Writing In College (3 credits). In this course, students analyze a variety of academic texts in different research literature and complete an intensive series of writing assignments to teach them how to interpret arguments, identify constraints and bias, organize and present evidence and compose their own contributions to intellectual dialogues. This course is designed for students who need a more closely guided and intensive introduction to academic writing.

Comp 150, Reading and Writing In College (4 credits). This course emphasizes the interplay of reading and writing in an academic environment. Students will analyze a variety of academic texts and complete a series of writing assignments designed to teach them how to interpret arguments, identify constraints and bias, organize and present evidence and compose their own contributions to intellectual dialogues.

Comp 250, Academic Inquiry and Writing (4 credits). This course guides students through the process of proposing, conducting, and presenting and independent academic research project.

Comp 252, Professional and Technical Writing (3 credits). This intermediate composition course contributes to students’ development of the intellectual competencies of reading, critical thinking, research, and writing. The strategy of this course is to engage students in identifying, researching, and solving problems that arise in organizational contexts, rather than academic contexts. Students will see the broad applicability of the academic habits of mind they developed in introductory composition as well as appreciate how those habits of mind must be adapted to be effective with audiences in professional and technical discourse communities.

Comp 253, Action Research (3 credits). This intermediate composition course contributes to students’ development of the intellectual competencies of reading, critical thinking, research, and writing. The strategy of this course is to engage students in identifying, researching, and solving problems that are posed in their own educational surroundings. This course will introduce students to the research paradigm called “action research,” a form of inquiry which focuses on developing an understanding of an issue and bringing about action in the form of change. Students will develop skills in this methodology and in academic research through work in the following areas: designing a data collection instrument, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting research findings and related plans for change to various audiences.