Outcomes
In order to successfully complete this course, the student will:
1. Apply the most common varieties of professional writing by creating letters and memos, instructions, research reports, short reports, progress reports, and proposals
2. Write a final project that uses research for a real audience and purpose
3. Produce documents for actual readers, including international multi-cultural audiences, based on your reading and analysis of published examples
4. Apply all stages of the writing process to make technical documents more readable and effective for their intended audiences and demonstrate proficiency by producing cohesive, well-edited documents
5. Develop various formats and graphic designs that improve technical documents and make them more accessible to readers
6. Students will produce at least 20 pages of work considered to be "final draft" quality
Students will be required to complete a large research project intended for a real purpose and real audience. This project should not be less than 8 pages long nor contain fewer than 5 sources. In the event that a real purpose and audience cannot be found, the student will submit a written proposal outlining a fictitious, albeit hypothetically real, purpose and audience.