Writing Courses

List of Innis College Writing and Rhetoric Courses on offer in 2012-13:

INI 103H1F Writing Essays;
INI 203Y1Y Foundations of Written Discourse;
INI 204Y1Y The Academic Writing Process;
INI 300H1F Strategic Writing in Business and the Professions;
INI 301H1S Rhetoric and Media;
INI 302H1F,S Writing in Business and the Professions for Rotman Commerce students;
INI 304H1S Critical Thinking and Inquiry in Written Communication;
INI 310H1F Editing;
INI 311Y1Y Seminar in Creative Writing;
JEI 206H1F Writing English Essays.

Please note that this timetable has not yet been finalized, and there may be some discrepancies or omissions. We will update this page if there are any changes.

INI 103H1

WRITING ESSAYS

Introduces the fundamentals of essay writing within an interdisciplinary context. Includes the history of the essay and its various rhetorical modes (narrative, descriptive, expository, argumentative), with a focus on humanities and social sciences essays. Both non-academic essays and essays from across the academic disciplines are examined in terms of purpose, audience, and persuasive strategies.

Method of instruction: lecture/discussion
Instructor: TBA
FALL 2012

Lecture: Mondays 1-3, Innis Town Hall
TUT0101: Mondays 4-5, TBA
TUT0102: Mondays 3-4, TBA
TUT0201: Wednesdays 3-4, TBA

 

INI 104H1

WRITING REPORTS (not offered in 2012-13)

Introduces the fundamentals of report writing within an interdisciplinary context. This writing intensive course focuses on improving writing skills appropriate to report writing genres. Informal, formal, research, and professional workplace reports are examined in terms of purpose, audience, structure, style, persuasive strategies, and use of visual rhetoric (tables, charts, graphs).

Method of instruction: lecture/discussion

 

INI 203Y1

FOUNDATIONS OF WRITTEN DISCOURSE

Breadth Category #2
Method of instruction: lecture/discussion
Instructor: TBA
Lecture: Thursdays 10-1, TBA

(2011-12) Detailed course information in PDF format here
(2011-12) Theoretical and Disciplinary Framework for INI 203Y

 

INI 204Y1

THE ACADEMIC WRITING PROCESS

Breadth Category #2
Method of instruction: lecture/discussion
Instructor: Roger Riendeau
Lecture: Mondays 6-9, Innis 312
For a course outline, please visit Roger Riendeau's web site
http://rogerriendeau.com/

 

INI 300H1 (formerly Y)

STRATEGIC WRITING IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS

Method of instruction: lecture/discussion
Instructor: V. Jovanovic-Krstic
FALL 2012

Lecture: Thursdays 2-5, TBA
(2011) Detailed course information in PDF format here

 

INI 301H1

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND WRITTEN DISCOURSE: RHETORIC AND THE PRINT MEDIA

Method of instruction: lecture/discussion
Instructor: Cynthia Messenger
Lecture: Wednesdays 1-4, IN312

(2011) Detailed course information in PDF format here

 

INI 302H1

WRITING IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS FOR ROTMAN COMMERCE STUDENTS

Method of instruction: lecture/discussion
Instructor: TBA

FALL 2012
INI302H1F, Fall Lecture: Mondays 2-4, TBA
INI302H1F, Fall TUT0101: Tuesdays 1-2, TBA
INI302H1F, Fall TUT0201: Thursdays 1-2, TBA

WINTER 2013
INI302H1S, Winter Lecture: Mondays 3-5, TBA
INI302H1S, Winter TUT0101: Tuesdays 1-2, TBA
INI302H1S, Winter TUT0201: Thursdays 1-2, TBA


INI 304H1

CRITICAL THINKING AND INQUIRY IN WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

Method of instruction: lecture/discussion
Instructor: Roger Riendeau

WINTER 2013
Lecture: Mondays 1-4, Innis 312
For a course outline, please visit Roger Riendeau's web site
http://rogerriendeau.com/

 

INI 305H1

WORD AND IMAGE IN MODERN WRITING (not offered in 2012 - 2013)

(2011) Course Outline
(2011) Weekly Schedule of Readings
(2011) Definitions of Ekphrasis

 

INI 310H1

EDITING

FALL 2012
Lecture: Mondays 3-6, Innis 204

Instructor: TBA
(2011) Detailed course information in PDF format here

 

INI 311Y1

SEMINAR IN CREATIVE WRITING

Method of instruction: seminar/discussion
Instructor: TBA
Lecture: Fridays 1-4, Innis 204
(2011) Detailed course information in PDF format here

 

JEI 206H1

WRITING ENGLISH ESSAYS

This course is open to both English Department students and students enrolled in the Writing and Rhetoric Program. It counts as an INI course toward the completion of Writing and Rhetoric Program requirements. In 2011-12, it is offered in the fall term only.

Instructor: Cynthia Messenger
FALL 2011
Lecture: Mondays 1-3, BL 205

TUT0101: Wednesdays 1-2, UC 376

TUT0201: Wednesdays 2-3, UC 376

TUT0301: Wednesdays 3-4, UC 376

Course Outline