Writing assignments provide hands-on composition experience, stress different approaches to organization and development, and emphasize audience awareness and revision of paragraphs, short essays and informal reports. In addition, students apply electronic-communication tools and techniques. This course builds on the conventions and techniques of composition through critical reading requirements and longer, more sophisticated reports, including a library research paper.
Assignments require revising and editing for an intended audience.
Students are also taught search methods for accessing a variety of print and electronic resources. Students also adapt written materials to oral presentations. The research process is explored as well, and the highlight of the course is a brief research project presented in both written and oral forms. They learn to analyze audiences to determine optimal approaches and formats. ENGL-215 Technical Writing Students apply composition principles to develop common report formats, including formal lab formats and common types of applied writing.