WRIT 231 Writing II
In this course, students learn strategies to critically analyze a variety of texts and essays; to understand how audience and social/cultural factors shape writing; and to research, evaluate, interpret, paraphrase, quote and summarize texts. Students write and revise several papers and critique the work of other students.
Prerequisites
3 Undergraduate credits
Effective August 1, 1998 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Demonstrate techniques for revising writing at the global and sentence-level.
- Distinguish between various rhetorical situations and choose appropriate content, evidence, and style for a particular audience.
- Effectively integrate, fully analyze, and accurately document source material.
- Evaluate scholarly and non-scholarly sources by assessing credibility, recognizing bias, and understanding how audience and purpose shape content and style.
- Identify multiple strategies for using library databases, locating print and electronic sources, and conducting original research.
- Produce a complex and persuasive argument with well-chosen evidence.
- Synthesize material from multiple sources and produce inter-textual writing that furthers the writer's own argument.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 1: Communication
- Understand/demonstrate the writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation.
- Participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding.
- Locate, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from diverse sources and points of view.
- Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences.
- Construct logical and coherent arguments.
- Use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in their writing and speaking.
- Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.
Spring 2026
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Writing II | Norova, Nasiba | ||
| 50 | Writing II | Panahi, Parva | ||
| 51 | Writing II | Norova, Nasiba | ||
| 52 | Writing II | Hewett-Olatunde, Amy | ||
| 53 | Writing II | Hewett-Olatunde, Amy | ||
| 54 | Writing II | Hayes, Lucy | ||
| 55 | Writing II | Welch, Kathleen M | ||
| 56 | Writing II | Hayes, Lucy | ||
| 57 | Writing II | Whitt, Hunter | ||
| 58 | Writing II | Davis, Lance |
Summer 2026
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Writing II | Hewett-Olatunde, Amy | ||
| 51 | Writing II | Welch, Kathleen M | ||
| 52 | Writing II | Vayo, Isaac |
Fall 2026
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Writing II | Vayo, Isaac | ||
| 02 | Writing II | Abdirahman, Abdirahman Abdullahi | ||
| 50 | Writing II | Hewett-Olatunde, Amy | ||
| 51 | Writing II | Whitt, Hunter | ||
| 52 | Writing II | Hayes, Lucy | ||
| 53 | Writing II | Davis, Lance | ||
| 54 | Writing II | Norova, Nasiba | ||
| 55 | Writing II | Norova, Nasiba | ||
| 56 | Writing II | Gyendina, Mariya L | ||
| 57 | Writing II | Welch, Kathleen M |