ENGLISH 3379

Methods for the Study of Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy

Ben McCorkle

MW 9:30 - 10:50 / 3 Credit Hours https://go.osu.edu/marion-pals

Have you ever wondered how we communicate? What makes language tick? Why we feel the need to reach out to people, be it with a spoken or written word, a silent gesture, or a love song? English 3379 will help you begin to answer those ages-old questions. Methods for the Study of Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy introduces students to these interrelated fields and how we do our work within them. Together, this discipline studies the ways people use language and other symbols to convey messages, persuade audiences, and create meaning. Those who study writing, rhetoric, and literacy are also very concerned with how these practices are learned and taught. In one semester, we can only dip into the wide variety of work in these fields; this course is designed to introduce students to the key concepts in the studies of writing, rhetoric, and literacy and to allow students oppor tunities to pursue their own interests in relation to those concepts.

The Pride And Life Skills mentoring program (PALS) is a cooperative venture between The Ohio State University at Marion, Marion Mentors, and Marion Public Schools. PALS connects college students from the Marion campus with children in the Marion area to provide one-on-one mentoring opportunities for younger students. Marion Mentors matches program volunteers with school-age children and provides them with the necessary resources and support to direct them through the mentoring process. Students earn 1-credit per semester of independent study by attending mentoring sessions regularly, coming to occasional meetings, and critically reflecting on their mentoring activities.

For further information contact:

Ben McCorkle • mccorkle.12@osu.edu

Nikole Patson • patson.3@osu.edu