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Reading, analyzing, researching, and writing arguments.
In CO 300 Writing Arguments, we will compose a variety of argumentative texts in various modes. Throughout the semester we will pay special attention to the diverse forms of communication in terms of their persuasive and convincing aspects. These forms include: text, sound, still and moving images.
A large focus of this course is geared toward understanding and composing messages for specific audiences and purposes. Assignments in CO 300 will encourage adaptation of content and style when responding to the needs of different audiences and rhetorical situations.
Through this process, students will extend their rhetorical knowledge, their experience in writing processes, and their mastery of writing conventions.
Throughout CO 300, students will:
This course meets the All-University Core Curriculum (AUCC) requirements for Advanced Writing (Category 2) and is approved under gtPathways in the content area of Advanced Writing (GT-CO3).
CO 150 (College Composiiton) or Honors Seminar
9704915437 | edward.lessor@colostate.edu
Ed Lessor has a B.A. in cultural anthropology from University of Chicago and an M.A.in British literature from Florida State University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature from Syracuse University.
9704916428 | jeremy.proctor@colostate.edu
Jeremy Proctor has B.A. and M.A. degrees in English (literature), both from Colorado State University. He teaches College Composition, Writing Arguments, Introduction to Literature, and Twentieth-Century Fiction. His academic interests include modernist novels, literary theory (especially the poststructuralists), reality television, and political rhetoric.
Devon Fulford is a writer and English instructor at Colorado State University. Her poetry chapbook, southern atheist: oh, honey is forthcoming from Cathexis Northwest Press in the summer of 2021. Devon has masters degrees in both creative writing (MACW) and education (MA) and is currently working toward completing her Doctor of Education in transformative leadership (expected completion May 2022). Her research interests include cultivating empathy via diverse English curriculum and utilizing writing as a tool of leadership and change with populations of both college students and inmates at a federal penal institution.
Leslie Davis is a senior instructor in the English Department, teaching first-year and upper division composition. She has conducted research in teaching English and second language writing. She is especially interested in digital rhetoric, argument, and writing in foreign languages. Additionally, she works as the Associate Director for the CSU Writing Center.
lindsay.brookshier@colostate.edu
Lindsay Brookshier is a senior English Instructor and Upper-Division Composition Administrator at Colorado State University. She primarily teaches composition courses like College Composition and Writing Arguments. Her research interests include online learning and design and inclusion in the composition classroom. In her spare time, she works as a content director and writer for a Disney Parks travel website.
Kelly Bradbury hails from the wilds of South Dakota, but lived in Ohio, New Jersey, and New York City before moving to sunny Colorado. As a writing and rhetoric professor at CSU, she teaches a variety of upper-division classes, including CO300: Writing Arguments, CO301A: Writing in the Arts & Humanities, CO301C: Writing in the Social Sciences, and CO302: Writing in Digital Environments. Bradbury's research and teaching interests center on writing in the age of AI, rhetorical empathy, and writing as a form of learning and engagement.
