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RWS 280 - Academic Reading and Writing

Units: 3

Also offered at SDSU-IV.

Prerequisite(s): Score of 6 or below on Writing Placement Assessment (WPA).

Academic prose, emphasizing purposes, structures, and styles of academic writing, with particular emphasis on elements of argument. Designed to improve students’ ability to plan, draft, revise, and edit essays, as well as to improve their ability to read and analyze complex academic texts.