Advanced Composition (305-0-20)

Topic

Science, Medical, and Health Writing

Instructors

Laura Pigozzi
847/491-4560
555 Clark St., Room 237

Meeting Info

Parkes Hall 213: Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

This writing course will explore various genres used in the health professions and examine these genres with a rhetorical lens; rhetorical study—essentially, the study of persuasion—is a good means of illuminating and recasting problems in health and medicine (Segal, 2005). The course is organized in 4 modules: 1)Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, 2) Science Writing, 3) Medical Writing 4) Health Humanities

Class Attributes

Advanced Expression