AWR - Academic Writing

This course is designed to provide writing and reading support for students while they complete their AWR 101 requirement at UT. Course assignments parallel the AWR 101 assignment sequence, and reinforce the fundamental skills that are necessary for success in AWR 101. This course may not be taken by students who have already received credit for AWR 101, but may be repeated for credit with permission from instructor.

AWR 101 is a critical reading, writing, and information literacy course that introduces students to the ways that the local is linked to a broader network of global concerns and contexts. Students read a number of texts chosen by their instructor, and they analyze, discuss, and respond in writing to those texts as a means of understanding elements of form and content. Equally important, they study the relation between texts and contexts that reveals students’ place in an increasingly globalized environment. Lastly, students learn how to properly find, evaluate, and ethically cite research sources through an academic library.

This course is designed to develop and improve writing skills for students for whom English is a second language. Students may be required to take AWR 110 before enrolling in AWR 101 (see statement on placement testing in English in the Academic Programs section of the catalog). The professor also may recommend that a student take AWR 111 before enrolling in AWR 101. Must be completed with a grade of "C" or better to register for AWR 101.

A course designed to provide writing and language support for multilingual students while they complete their AWR 101 requirement at UT. It takes an intercultural rhetoric approach while fulfilling the AWR 101 assignment sequence, and encourages students to draw on their own linguistic and cultural backgrounds to help make sense of English academic writing conventions. This course may not be taken by students who have already received credit for AWR 101, but may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.

AWR 201 builds upon the skills and concepts learned in AWR 101 by inviting students to examine their relation to the community and the world. It teaches the conventions and expectations of academic research writing, guiding students through their own extended research project. The course teaches project discovery, annotation of source materials, processes of drafting and revision, delivery of a polished final product that adheres to the standards of citation style, and conversion of the essay into a clear oral presentation for an audience of peers.