WRIT 020: Persuasive Writing

2025-26

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours

Catalog page 650

Prerequisites: WRIT 010 with a grade of C or better or WRIT 010S with a grade of C or better or WRIT 009 with a grade of C or better

Description: Emphasizes the transition from personal to public writing as students learn to apply the essential tenets of the rhetorical tradition of persuasion to various genres and develop arguments by identifying an issue, articulating a stance in relation to that issue, and defending that stance with appropriate evidence.

Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following WRIT 020 or WRIT 020S.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 294/294 958/962 634/639 136/138 2022/2033