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- RC 1000 is a freshman-level course that explores expository writing, research, and critical thinking. It is designed to introduce students to college-level writing.
- RC 2001, Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum, is a sophomore-level course in which students are introduced to the many genres of writing expected in different fields of study and work. When the course was developed by Beth Carroll working with the NTT faculty in RC, they
- at Appalachian, RC faculty created four main approaches to a
- the WAC curriculum:
- Argument model (reading and writing academic arguments, analyzing and writing arguments across disciplines and rhetorical situations);
- Rhetoric model (studying academic discourse as a rhetoric, practicing persuasive techniques in rhetorical situations);
- Writing Studies model (writing about writing, investigating issues related to writing in different contexts and for different audiences);
- Traditional WAC model (reading and writing conventional genres in different fields).
- The Writing in the Discipline class is a junior-level writing course for majors, which focuses on the discourse of that particular discipline.
- The Capstone course is a senior-level course that advances students’ writing in the discipline; here students are writing at an advanced level. This course is designed by majors, with an information literacy component.