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Writing (AC)
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Writing courses may not be used to fulfill the breadth requirement for the 1.0 course in Arts and Humanities needed for graduation.
 
0001F/G0002F/G1020F/G1021F/G1022F/G1025F/G2101F/G2202F/G
2208F/G
Writing 0001F/G - Introduction to Academic Writing in English as a Second Language 
Restricted to English as a Second Language students. The course will develop macro-level skills of planning and composing in the writing process, and pre-writing skills such as note-taking from lectures and academic readings. These will help students develop an appreciation for appropriate vocabulary, syntax, and style of the various discourse communities at the university and will also provide the content for writing exercises such as journal entries, summaries, position papers and short essays.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 0002F/G
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron)
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Writing 0002F/G - Introduction to Writing in English
Restricted to English as a Second Language students. This course will introduce the grammar and structure of English, as well as the conceptual and cultural conventions of university writing in English.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 0001F/G
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(King's)
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Writing 1020F/G - Writing: Introduction to University Essay Writing 
A practical introduction to the basics of successful academic writing, designed for first-year students in all disciplines. Topics will range from grammar, sentence structure, and paragraphing to the principles of scholarly argument and research.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 1021F/G, Writing 2101F/G
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Extra Information: 3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
[This course will not serve as a prerequisite for any area of concentration]
 (Brescia, King's)
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Writing 1021F/G - Academic Writing in English as a Second Language
Restricted to English as a Second Language students. The course continues to develop macro-level skills of planning and composing and refines writing skills by introducing language and citation conventions and self-editing for more complex writing projects. Readings that explore questions of identity and relationships within western culture will stimulate critical reviews, reports, and research essays.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 1020F/G
Prerequisite(s): Writing 0001F/G or Writing 0002F/G or permission of the instructor.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Huron)
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Writing 1022F/G - University Writing in English
Restricted to English as a Second Language students. This course will build on writing skills developed in Writing 0002F/G. It will provide students with intensive hands-on writing practice on a weekly basis and offer opportunities to develop research-based writing skills through various academic forms.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 1020F/G and 1021F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Writing 0001F/G, 0002F/G or permission of the Department.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(King’s)
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Writing 1025F/G - Critical Reading and Writing
Students will explore the assumptions behind academic discourse, critically analyze academic readings, and learn to write effectively for a variety of academic discourse communities.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 1020F/G, 1021F/G, 1022F/G and 2101F/G.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Huron)
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Writing 2101F/G - Introduction to Expository Writing
An introduction to the basic principles and techniques of good writing. Seminars (limited to 15 students each) will emphasize practical work and the development of writing skills for a variety of subjects and disciplines.
Antirequisite(s): Writing 2121F/G
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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Writing 2202F/G - Winning Your Argument: Advanced Exposition, Rhetoric, and Persuasion
An intensive, practical, and advanced study of patterns of exposition in prose. The course will examine complex prose, and assign exercises in a wide variety of disciplines and forms, including reports, persuasive prose, and argument.
Antirequisite(s): The former Writing 102F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Writing 2101F/G
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, King's)
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Writing 2208F/G - Teaching Writing
This course will provide the theoretical background and the practical experience students need to be effective writing teachers and more knowledgeable writers. Class study of composition theory and pedagogy will be complemented by a supervised teaching practicum.
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Prerequisite(s): At least 65% in one of Writing 2101F/G, 2121F/G, 2111F/G or 2131F/G, or permission of the program.
Corequisite(s):
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Huron)
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Academic Calendar 2010 AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGES AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COURSE INFORMATION Writing (AC)
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