All materials for the course are available in Resources and Materials and the Syllabus

Advanced Research Writing focuses on the development and practice of advanced research and writing skills. EN 305 focuses on the development and practice of advanced research and writing skills. This course is designed to engage the skills of research, genre analysis, rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and the ethical integration of multiple sources into complex arguments for diverse audiences. Students in EN 305 should expect to develop research questions that will guide a series of writing projects based on disciplinary inquiries. Either EN305, EN306, or EN350 is required of all students. Prerequisites: EN111 and Junior standing.

Upon successful completion of the course, each participant should be able to:

• develop focused research questions
• analyze and evaluate the validity of research sources
• differentiate between various genres, rhetorical situations, and audiences
• apply effective rhetorical choices and genre conventions
• effectively evaluate, critique, and synthesize various texts
• provide evidence of a writing process
• negotiate and incorporate peer and instructor feedback

NOTES FROM THE COURSE DESIGNER, DR. RYAN WOLDRUFF:

This is a template-based course which means a few things:

1. The course content is structured so that you only need to look for course content in the syllabus or on the Discussion Forums section of myCMU.  Your instructor may post weekly Announcements, or send around emails, but all readings, activities, documents, etc., are either embedded in this document, on the Resources & Materials page, or in the Discussion Forums.
   
   
2. This course revolves around research and writing within your discipline and in context of developing a personal writing process.  In EN 305, you will try on specific forms of inquiry, analysis, synthesis, and research.  This course will ask you to make purposeful choices about your interest inquiries, how you choose to locate and navigate research, and how you choose to relay that research information to readers in an academic context. 
   
   

Hopefully you will have an enriching and meaningful experience in this course!  If you don’t, please note that your current course instructor did not design the course, so please don’t hold your instructor accountable for any problems you have with the course design, document design, or general frustrations with syllabus or assignment expectations.  If you experience significant problems with how the course is designed, please email Dr. Ryan Woldruff, the Director of Composition, at writing@centralmethodist.edu with any specific concerns.