Composition II (ENC 1102) Workshop Model (WM) introduces
students to the field of rhetoric and provides students with an
opportunity to analyze, research and compose arguments through a
workshop model approach. This course emphasizes a variety of
teaching modalities and learning spaces by negotiating not only
the traditional classroom space, but also one-on-one, small
group and online spaces/literacies. ENC 1102 focuses on the ways
writers gain "agency" via argument, negotation, and reasoning.
The workshop model course structure prepares students for real
world experiences through their practice and response in
variable learning environments. The course focuses on "agency"
as a theme because effective writing is a form of power. To have
an impact on their readers and positively influence the world,
writers need to be able to cogently discuss complicated matters,
advocate necessary changes, negotiate differences, and construct
proposals for change. In academic contexts, writers gain agency
by understanding the