CO130 Academic Writing was developed in the mid 1990s. It offers instruction typically found in first-semester composition courses. The materials presented here are from the late 1990s. You can find the most recent materials for the course on the University Composition Program Web Site.
This course helps students develop processes appropriate for college reading and writing: identifying rhetorical contexts (audiences and purposes) common in academic discourse and writing about personal experience as well as academic readings. This course is equivalent to most first-semester composition courses. To learn more about CO130, choose any of the items below.