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. This alternative to ENGL-110 and its lab is offered in a workshop setting. Students explore modes of written self-expression, including poetry, fiction and drama, to experience various literary genres and produce creative works. They also learn to apply constructive feedback to the rewrite process. A student-writing anthology is produced, and the course culminates in a study of the literary marketplace.