English 211, Industrial and Career Writing, is designed to prepare students to write successfully on the job as an employee or a first-line supervisor. It includes basic forms of business and technological writing to assist the student in developing sound communication practice. The course objectives are to familiarize students with business and industry writing formats, the goals in writing a correspondence, an awareness of the readers' needs, and research and editing techniques.
Students practice individual and team work on written, electronic, and oral report projects.
Course content covers writing formats such as business letters, memos, e mail conventions, Internet use, proposal writing, and other short reports. All writing assignments are done in response to case histories that are industry-based. English 150 is the prerequisite for this class.