As a foundational course in the UK Core, Composition and Communication I utilizes critical inquiry and research to help you refine your speaking and writing skills and prime you for a successful academic career at the University of Kentucky. This class, alongside WRD 111/CIS 111, at its core, should prepare you to make credible and effective arguments regardless of whether you are speaking in class, presenting lab results, or writing a capstone report for your major. Throughout the semester, I will encourage you to build on the communication skills you have and develop effective rhetorical arguments on a variety of issues.
To do this, you will conduct in-depth research and learn how to communicate effectively to a broader audience through a variety of modalities (written, spoken, visual, etc.). Over the course of the semester, class members can expect to work independently, with a partner, or with a small group of classmates to investigate, share findings, and craft arguments, as well as to practice and evaluate interpersonal and small group dynamics in a collegiate setting. And through this, you should develop a greater appreciation for the rhetorical theory, academic genres, and communicative skills at the center of our course.