WRD 302 - THE ESSAY

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

Intensive writing and reading in the genre of the essay. The course will explore the conventions of the essay and may analyze historical changes in the genre or survey well-known essayists such as Montaigne and Woolf. Students will write essays and analyze the stylistic choices of professional essayists in order to inform their own writing in the genre.

Prereq: Completion of Composition and Communication requirement and consent of instructor.