Faculty

ENGL-1302 English Composition II

Trent Wintermeier

Credit Spring 2026

Section(s)

ENGL-1302-137 (28720)
LEC MW 3:05pm - 4:35pm NAV NAV1 030

ENGL-1302-201 (28734)
LEC MW 1:30pm - 3:00pm NAV NAV1 030

Course Subjects

ENGL 1302 is a continuation of English 1301 with intensive study of and practice in the strategies and techniques for developing research-based expository and persuasive texts. The course will emphasize effective and ethical rhetorical inquiry, including primary and secondary research methods; critical reading of verbal, visual, and multimedia texts; systematic evaluation, synthesis, and documentation of information sources; and critical thinking about evidence and conclusions.

In this section of 1302, you will deepen your practice in analytical and persuasive writing, with a significant focus on incorporating research. You will learn to write effectively within academic and other public writing contexts. Toward this end, you will analyze texts chosen by the instructor (these texts may be primarily literary or may be drawn from other fields), and you will conduct independent research with the help and guidance of the instructor.

Your work in this course will help you advance the critical writing and reading skills you will need to succeed in courses for your major and degree. Together, we will also reflect on the ethics of argumentation: what it means to represent those we disagree with fairly, how to respond responsibly to communities with specific values and interests, and why these practices matter for building trust and care in the world. To accomplish this, my instructional methodology will focus on engaging in classroom discussion, mini-lessons, online discussion boards, and papers treated to the full writing process.

Course Requirements

Enrollment in ENGL 1302 requires credit for ENGL 1301, or its equivalent, with at least a grade of C. Student will present proof as needed, and professor will verify.

Readings

zero textbook class

There is no textbook required for this course. Course readings will be available via online links or PDFs uploaded to blackboard. For details regarding MLA documentation and other writing-related topics, you may use the following resource:

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Writing Center Resources (online)
Purdue OWL (online)

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Although everyone will come into this course with a different mission or agenda, our collective course goals will be to:

Analyze and interpret a variety of texts through literary, critical, and/or contextual approaches
Write objectively, concisely, and analytically in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action
Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative research processes
Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments, including two or more research-based essays
Analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of texts for the ethical and logical uses of evidence
Apply the conventions of style manual appropriate to the English discipline (MLA)