In the second developmental course, students increase their command of the commonly accepted standards and conventions of written English. Emphasis is upon sentence sense and structure, diction, usage, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, format and mechanics. The course emphasizes the clear written expression of ideas and the importance of organization, word choice, logic and sentence construction. The process of planning, writing, revising and editing essays for a particular audience are also emphasized. Important considerations include the format, organization, logic and sentence construction of reports.
Students focus on the process of writing, including designing, revising and editing such messages.
Students learn to write clear, coherent, effective messages that reflect consideration of writer intent and reader response. Organization and format appropriate to a given situation are stressed, as are revision and editing to produce an acceptable copy. Integral to this course are the students' abilities to recognize problems and determine causes, to propose solutions, to evaluate various courses of action, and to present this information in written and oral reports. Students explore prose, fiction, poetry, and drama by authors representing a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. 4.5 Literary studies not covered by other courses may be offered, depending upon interest.