The First-Year Writing Program prepares students with the writing, reading, and critical thinking skills necessary for success in all college classes. By learning rhetorical strategies that make them effective communicators, Moore students become well-positioned to achieve their career goals in any field of art or design.
Housed in the Liberal Arts department, the First-Year Writing Program offers three sequenced courses: English 099, Essentials of Writing; English 101, Writing for Artists and Designers; and English 102, Topics in Literature. Each of these courses emphasizes process and revision, as each student continually shapes and showcases her own body of work in an individual writing portfolio. While learning how to meet the demands of different genres, each student also has the opportunity to develop and demonstrate her own voice as a writer.
In the First-Year Writing Program, students read and discuss significant scholarly essays dealing with cultural and social concerns that affect artists and designers. Students also become acquainted with literature, as they study poetry, fiction, and drama from the Renaissance to the present. Course readings are supplemented with field trips to museums and cultural events such as plays and lectures, which enhance and bring life to the words on the page. Students construct responses to their course experiences through the following activities:
In the First-Year Writing Program, students read and discuss significant scholarly essays dealing with cultural and social concerns that affect artists and designers. Students also become acquainted with literature, as they study poetry, fiction, and drama from the Renaissance to the present. Course readings are supplemented with field trips to museums and cultural events such as plays and lectures, which enhance and bring life to the words on the page. Students construct responses to their course experiences through the following activities:
· Writing academic essays
· Writing and speaking about art
· Conducting research and documenting sources appropriately
· Engaging in close reading and critical thinking
· Developing persuasive arguments
· Giving oral presentations
· Participating in peer critique
· Learning effective organization and clear presentation of ideas
· Learning correct uses of grammar and mechanics
· Writing and speaking about art
· Conducting research and documenting sources appropriately
· Engaging in close reading and critical thinking
· Developing persuasive arguments
· Giving oral presentations
· Participating in peer critique
· Learning effective organization and clear presentation of ideas
· Learning correct uses of grammar and mechanics
FACULTY
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