Written Communications

Enhance your communication abilities

Courses in the written communication category are designed to enhance foundational communication skills and habits of mind necessary for success at UNI and beyond. In addition to the process of reading, researching, writing and revising, written communication courses will also build critical thinking skills.

Written Communication Course Listing

ENGLISH 1005 College Writing and Research

3 hrs. Emphasis on critical reading and the writing of a variety of texts with attention to audience, purpose, and rhetorical strategies. Attention to integrating research materials with students' critical and personal insights.

Recommended for students who have ACT English and Reading scores of 18-26
Students who have ACT English scores of 17 or less are advised to take ENGLISH 1002 first.
No credit if prior credit in ENGLISH 2015 Introduction to Writing Studies or ENGLISH 2120 Critical Writing About Literature.

ENGLISH 2015 Introduction to Writing Studies

3 hrs. Examines writing and research as social and learning technology. Students will devise their own research problem, find and evaluate credible sources, write and revise academic and professional research.

ENGLISH 2120 Critical Writing About Literature

3 hrs. Study of techniques of various literary forms including poetry, drama, and fiction. Attention to processes and purposes of critical and scholarly writing and to documentation.

Introductory course for English majors and minors.

PHIL 1050 The Art of Critical Thinking and Writing

3 hrs. The course aims to develop fundamental skills of critical thinking and writing academic essays at the college level and enable students to make the most of their college education. As part of their coursework, students will use the skills they develop in the course to think critically and write with skill, clarity, and rigor on a range of issues that are meaningful to them and relevant to their lives as college students and as citizens. Class sessions will combine lecture and discussion, including small group work.

UNIV 1000 & UNIV 1010 First-Year Cornerstone: Integrated Communication I & II

6 hrs. This two-semester course is an integrated communication class emphasizing written, oral, visual and electronic communication as central processes of life-long inquiry. Students will develop other abilities that are vital for their transition to and success at UNI.