WRIT 231 Writing II
            In this course, students learn strategies to critically analyze a variety of texts and essays; to understand how audience and social/cultural factors shape writing; and to research, evaluate, interpret, paraphrase, quote and summarize texts. Students write and revise several papers and critique the work of other students.
      
							
		
			 
		
	 
	
        
	
                
        
            Prerequisites
												3 Undergraduate credits
																																				                        
                
                					Effective August 1, 1998 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Demonstrate techniques for revising writing at the global and sentence-level.
 - Distinguish between various rhetorical situations and choose appropriate content, evidence, and style for a particular audience.
 - Effectively integrate, fully analyze, and accurately document source material.
 - Evaluate scholarly and non-scholarly sources by assessing credibility, recognizing bias, and understanding how audience and purpose shape content and style.
 - Identify multiple strategies for using library databases, locating print and electronic sources, and conducting original research.
 - Produce a complex and persuasive argument with well-chosen evidence.
 - Synthesize material from multiple sources and produce inter-textual writing that furthers the writer's own argument.
 
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 1: Communication
- Understand/demonstrate the writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation.
 - Participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding.
 - Locate, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from diverse sources and points of view.
 - Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences.
 - Construct logical and coherent arguments.
 - Use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in their writing and speaking.
 - Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.
 
Summer 2025
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Writing II | Richards, Melanie B | Books for WRIT-231-01 Summer 2025 | Course details for WRIT-231-01 Summer 2025 | 
| 50 | Writing II | Welch, Kathleen M | Books for WRIT-231-50 Summer 2025 | Course details for WRIT-231-50 Summer 2025 | 
| 51 | Writing II | Vayo, Isaac | Books for WRIT-231-51 Summer 2025 | Course details for WRIT-231-51 Summer 2025 | 
Fall 2025
Spring 2026
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Writing II | Norova, Nasiba | Books for WRIT-231-01 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-01 Spring 2026 | 
| 50 | Writing II | Panahi, Parva | Books for WRIT-231-50 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-50 Spring 2026 | 
| 51 | Writing II | Norova, Nasiba | Books for WRIT-231-51 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-51 Spring 2026 | 
| 52 | Writing II | Hewett-Olatunde, Amy | Books for WRIT-231-52 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-52 Spring 2026 | 
| 53 | Writing II | Hewett-Olatunde, Amy | Books for WRIT-231-53 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-53 Spring 2026 | 
| 54 | Writing II | Hayes, Lucy | Books for WRIT-231-54 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-54 Spring 2026 | 
| 55 | Writing II | Welch, Kathleen M | Books for WRIT-231-55 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-55 Spring 2026 | 
| 57 | Writing II | Staff, Staff | Books for WRIT-231-57 Spring 2026 | Course details for WRIT-231-57 Spring 2026 |