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Spring 2020
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| WR 115W - Introduction to College Writing: Workplace Emphasis |
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Associated Term:
Spring 2020
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. The Writing Situation (audience & purpose): a. Understand the importance of target audience, purpose and point of view; b. Focus each writing on a unifying thesis idea that summarizes the writer's intent or position; c. Develop each writing through carefully crafted organizing patterns, clear coherence devices, and credible supporting evidence; d. Make stylistic decisions appropriate to the subject, situation, and audience. 2. Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing: a. Have developed critical thinking skills through pre-drafting, writing, feedback from peers, and frequent revising as well as through close examination of student and professional writing; b. Understand what it means to choose words, sentences, paragraphs, and formats that serve a specific audience, situation, and communications purpose; c. Write logically constructed essays and related assignments based on varying rhetorical approaches, including inductive and deductive reasoning; d. Develop problem-solving abilities. 3. The Writing Process: a. Understand writing as a series of stages—beginning with pre-drafting and ending with proofreading; b. Work with other writers to critique and revise his/her own work and the work of others; c. Develop confidence in his/her writing voices as s/he learns strategies for communications situations; d. Assess his/her own writing strengths and weaknesses. 4. Writing Skills and Conventions: a. Express ideas clearly, concisely, and carefully in forms compatible with success in the workplace and in WR 121 (in Edited Standard Written English); b. Show competence in grammar, usage, and punctuation; c. Know and use appropriate formatting styles; d. Know how to acknowledge courses and avoid plagiarism. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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