Writing Portfolio
See sample portfolios The Writing Portfolio is the culmination of your work in the major. As you take courses, you will complete many different writing projects, which you will collect as a working portfolio. Near the end of your studies, when you take the capstone course for the major (Eng 413: Writing Portfolio), you will select, revise and reflect on the best of your work to demonstrate your rhetorical competence and writing abilities.
Student Learning Outcomes
A student graduating from this program will be able to
- Select and modify writing strategies for different discourse communities
- Understand and use stylistic and genre conventions
- Apply invention/writing-to-learn techniques and recursive composing processes
- Write collaboratively (co-authoring, giving and using feedback, etc.)
- Integrate appropriate sources using primary and secondary research methods
- Demonstrate competence in fundamental areas of writing (e.g., focus, organization, development, voice/tone, prose style, editing, design, publishing)
- Perform rhetorical analysis and critique of a variety of texts (print, digital, and visual)
- Understand the dynamic role of language in culture, history, and society
- Engage in disciplinary conversations, drawing on knowledge of rhetoric and composition studies
- Demonstrate knowledge of rhetorical traditions from classical times to present
