This document provides information about an English 102 college writing and rhetoric course for the spring 2018 semester. It will be taught by Zachary Williamson on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:30-11:20 am in TLC 140. The goals of the course are to improve students' skills in persuasive and expository writing for college courses and jobs. By the end of the course, students should be able to accurately assess audiences, analyze authors' ideas, present their own ideas while citing sources properly, focus and articulate their writing purpose, and conduct research. The required materials are the textbook "Becoming Rhetorical" by Jodie Nicotra and a notebook for the class.