PRWR 7800:Teaching Assistant Practicum

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, the MAPW TA program, and successful completion of PRWR 6300 and PRWR 6500
This course is designed to support and develop the pedagogy of second-year MAPW teaching assistants as they begin their first semesters as instructors of record for the English department’s two general education composition courses. Building upon the theories and concepts introduced in PRWR 6300 and PRWR 6500, this course affords teaching assistants a forum in which to explore the application of a range of methods in the field of rhetoric and composition, including peer review, writing and researching in digital environments, multi-modal composing, visual rhetoric, and global and local revision strategies.