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2024-2025 University Catalog

RWS 100 - Rhetoric of Written Argument

Units: 3 GE - CSU A2 - Communication and Critical Thinking - Written Communication

Grading Method: LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC

Same As: ECL 100  and POL S 100 .


Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Written Communication Assessment requirement. (See Graduation Requirements  section of catalog.) Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required.

Writing and reading as critical inquiry, designed to help students undertake university-level writing projects. Focus on rhetoric of written arguments. Students learn to use sources in their writing and make appropriate decisions about structure, cohesion, and rhetorical conventions.

Maximum Credits: 3
Note: International students are advised to take LING 100B . Not open to students with credit in a higher-numbered composition course or AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or ECL 100  [or POL S 100 ] or LING 100B  or RWS 105B .