Some majors specify or recommend a particular version. You may be asked to define a term, evaluate a situation, or defend a proposal. The course emphasizes clarity and logic of construction in the writing and revision of papers on topics related to your major or career goals. Pre-Law is also a course in argumentation in which students choose legal issues as topics. Technical Writing teaches you to write letters, memos, descriptions, instructions, proposals, technical reports, and resumes.
Students write business letters, memos, proposals, and various types of reports.
The course stresses professional style and formats. Writing in the Health Professions concentrates on the types of documents written by health care professionals. In this class, students write professional review papers as well as documents for the general reader. You will receive practice and advice for the writing components of applications to graduate and professional schools. Over the years, graduates have written to say that Professional Writing was one of the most useful courses they took as students at the University.