Overview
Description
Improve student skills in developing and presenting written discussion of a health science topic; gain experience with norms and guidelines for successful writing in the sciences.
Requirements
Prerequisites
ENG 102
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- categorize and appraise the relevant health sciences literature that is the background for a research question.
- synthesize health sciences literature in an appropriately written review that includes paraphrasing, comparison, and assessment.
- describe the writing process and stages of successful writing.
- apply the APA and AMA notation styles for citing sources and attributing credit.
- create structured and unstructured abstracts that summarize a new paper.
- practice expository writing in the health sciences.
- communicate public health information in both oral and written forms.
- locate, use, evaluate, and synthesize public health information.
- explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population’s health.