Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the importance of purpose, audience, and tone and their use in various contexts
2. Identify and correct errors in sentence structure and grammar to effectively edit own and others' writing
3. Participate in a writing community through forums that foster independent, peer, and collaborative writing skills to become a more intentional communicator
4. Practice writing in different styles and formats to meet the needs and expectations of academic and professional audiences
5. Recognize the iterative nature of the writing process and use effective strategies to revise own writing
6. Use active reading and thinking strategies to engage analytically with a text

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Analyze writing to identify argumentative strategies and assess how effective they are.
2. Apply strategies to revise, edit, and proofread writing to make it more polished and clearer.
3. Assess research material and use documentation techniques to integrate source material effectively into own writing.
4. Identify the basic parts of the academic essay and use them effectively in essay-writing.
5. Interpret and apply feedback from peers, TAs, and instructor to own writing to make it more persuasive, coherent, and clear.
6. Recognize common grammar and style errors and how to correct them.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Assess whether or not a source is reliable or pertinent to a research topic
2. Demonstrate ability to write for audiences in both academic and workplace environments
3. Develop and apply critical thinking skills through writing, constructive peer evaluation, and discussion
4. Enhance knowledge of the mechanics of writing such as grammar, syntax, diction, and sentence structure
5. Strengthen teamwork skills by working with peers to create writing that effectively communicates a message to an audience
6. Use reflection in conjunction with narrative to create an effective and affective piece of writing

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate a sense of social responsibility as they reflect on their role and experiences as writers in a community.
2. Identify key aspects of various rhetorical contexts and the expectations of their audiences, and respond to those aspects in their own writing.
3. Identify and use the formats required by various genres of writing.
4. Use a writing style that is effective in terms of clarity, coherence, rhetorical sophistication, and grammatical correctness.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Apply rhetorical modes of persuasion, definition and analysis to create communications that develop, maintain and increase readership
2. Create visually appealing documents and interfaces
3. Critique and revise website content so it is relevant and appropriate for particular audiences and purposes
4. Evaluate forms of web-based writing to assess how effectively they meet the needs of a variety of online audiences
5. Identify and correct grammatical errors
6. Recognize, adopt and adapt conventions of social media writing to meet the requirements of the genre and the needs of a variety of audiences

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Conceptualize, draft, and revise documents of various length, detail, and visual design that incorporate elements of business writing
2. Create documents using various rhetorical modes such as persuasion, definition, and analysis
3. Identify and apply aspects of business writing to set objectives, conduct relevant research, plan documents, and communicate ideas to resolve problems and achieve outcomes
4. Participate in online collaboration and communication as a way to peer-edit written submissions
5. Practice critical thinking when selecting a writing style and format best suited for the purpose and audience

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the three main levels of editing -- structural, stylistic, and copy editing -- and the purposes of each in the publishing process
2. Edit documents in different genres as appropriate for the intended audience
3. Identify and correct common errors in grammar, punctuation, and usage
4. Restructure a document to achieve a coherent organization and logical progression of ideas for a specific audience
5. Revise sentences, paragraphs, and passages to resolve ambiguities, ensure logical connections, and clarify meaning
6. Write clear, respectful, and diplomatic queries and comments for the appropriate person (author, managing editor, peer, instructor)