ENC 3416 - Summer 2026 - Ayers

This course focuses on the principles of composing, especially across different composing spaces. Students create works in several different media, including (1) in print, (2) on the screen, and (3) for the network, while also learning how to edit the works deployed in each medium appropriately. In addition, students repurpose at least one of these works for another medium. Students conclude the course by composing a digital portfolio.

This section of WEPO has a focus on everyday writing. While other writing courses might focus primarily on academic texts, we’ll play with genre and consider audiences beyond the academy. To this end, we’ll study the everyday writing of discourse communities as we seek to understand more about how different people communicate across technologies and genres and for distinct audiences and purposes. Then, we’ll practice being composers, creating new compositions in both digital and print genres and honing our design and communication skills across media.