English
ENGL 105: Composition and Rhetoric
Self-paced Online
English 105 is a writing-across-the-disciplines course. In this course you will analyze the rhetorical and stylistic conventions that govern professional and academic writing in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Studying and practicing the conventions of writing in different disciplines will help you become a more versatile writer, which in turn should help you in other college courses. You also will become more aware of how audience expectations and context influence your work and give it shape and direction. Students enrolled in English 105 will learn to:
- use conventions, genres, and rhetoric practiced in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities
- conduct research using a variety of academic databases and sources
- understand how to use research as evidence in discipline-specific compositions
- compose using written, oral, and multi-media modes
- review and revise your own work and assist others in revising their work.
Required Texts/Materials
Ruskiewicz, John. How to Write Anything, UNC Custom Edition, Revised, 2013. ISBN 978-1457666018
TEXTBOOKS can be ordered through various locations and online sites using the ISBN. UNC Student Stores no longer stocks this book.
Course Details
- Instructor: Lisa Klotz, PhD
- Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
- Credit Hours: 3
- Number of Assignments: 14
- View a sample course syllabus for the online course.
ENGL 130: Introduction to Fiction Writing
Self-paced Online
Students study the practice of basic fiction techniques and write numerous short papers as well as one complete story. Students read and analyze literary stories by well-known writers. Each student keeps a journal. NOTE: Because of the creative nature of the work in this course, both on the part of the student and the instructor, students should not take it under pressure of receiving credit by a specific deadline. This course has no final exam.
Required Texts/Materials
Cassill and Bausch, Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 7th edition (2005), ISBN 978-0393926118
Burroway, Writing Fiction, 9th edition (2014), ISBN 978-0321923165
You can find information on how to purchase textbooks and required materials on the Textbooks page of the Friday Center website.
Course Details
- Instructor: Richard Krawiec, MA
- Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
- Credit Hours: 3
- Number of Assignments: 9
- Prerequisite(s): ENGL 105 (or a second-semester college-level composition course) or permission of instructor
- View a sample course syllabus for the online course.
This course does not count toward the undergraduate minor in Creative Writing at UNC Chapel Hill. Students interested in the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill should refer to the Creative Writing Program’s website for information.
Online Orientation
