WRIT 020S: Persuasive Writing

2025-26

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour

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 020S or WRIT 020.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 501/504 95/96 596/600