College Writing 151, Overview
Set Up |
The first few sessions of the course introduce students to various principles, rhetorical strategies, and stylistic elements that affect professional communication. Students then learn about informative and persuasive messages and analyze professional documents according to the principles they have learned. After critiquing informative and persuasive texts to assess their appropriateness and effectiveness, students write their own documents—individually and in groups—applying the rhetorical strategies appropriate for each type of message.
Students next examine how the principles and strategies underlying informative and persuasive messages come together in application-oriented communication, including cover letters, personal statements, résumés, and post-interview correspondence. In the final weeks of the course, students strengthen their ability to work with others on a capstone client project, where students collaborate to produce various written documents for a campus or community organization or business. |