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ENG 7590 - Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition

Provides an introduction to empirical methods for the study of a writer’s products, processes, and social contexts.

Requisites: Graduate Standing
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to analyze, compare, and evaluate essential research findings about writing practice and development in ways that meet the methods of established scholars.
  • Students will be able to employ and reflect on ethical decision making in research design.
  • Students will be able to defend the possibilities and limitations of common qualitative research methods in Rhetoric and Composition.
  • Students will be able to design and implement substantial empirical research projects and analyze the theoretical models that underpin them.


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