Alternate Fall semesters. Conventional copy-editing terms and symbols that editors are likely to use when requesting revisions will be examined. A course in transactional writing, to help students develop practical writing skills, while analyzing discourses and documents from a variety of disciplines. Forms include analyses, reports, proposals, case studies, business letters and memos, resumes and letters of application. Alternate Fall semesters.
Course is designed to incorporate recent trends in composition studies, materials, and texts.
Alternate Spring semesters. A workshop to polish and hone communication skills, as the capstone of the student's undergraduate writing portfolio. Each student will complete two papers and a proposal for future work, to demonstrate writing proficiency in the discourse of the chosen major or discipline. Required for senior writing minors. Offered every Spring.