Overview
Description
Analysis of and writing practice in selected professional genres. Focused study of writing for organizations, periodicals, or popular market. Maximum of six credits.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits
Learning Outcomes
- draft documents in various professional genres (such as letters, proposals, and reports) that demonstrate clear purpose, responsibility to audience, and adherence to generic and stylistic conventions.
- assess their own writing process and apply alternative strategies to the continued development of that process.
- identify an author (or group’s) purpose, audience, genre, and strategies of support.
- demonstrate knowledge of the variety of public, professional, and disciplinary situations in which they will be writing when they leave the undergraduate program.
- present class lessons and/or essays that articulate a critical response to scholarly conversations about writing in professional contexts.