Official Course Description:  MCCCD Approval:  4-27-2010
ENG270  2010 Summer I - 9999	LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad
Workplace Writing
Emphasizes rhetoric and composition with a focus on adapting writing to meet the needs of very specific workplace objectives and audiences. Uses primary and secondary research practices to investigate a variety of workplace discourse communities. Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in ENG102 or ENG108.   Course Notes: Develop advanced college-level writing strategies through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
ENG270  2010 Summer I - 9999	Workplace Writing

 

1.         Identify and assess the communication and collaboration strategies as well as the rhetorical needs and conventions of specific professional communities. (I, V)

2.         Demonstrate effective writing for specific professional contexts, taking into consideration circumstance, purpose, topic, audience and writer, as well as the ethical, political, and cultural implications of the writing by producing specific compositions. (I, IV)

3.         Compose writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence and logical development appropriate to a specific professional context. (I, IV)

4.         Use and justify appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent and appropriate visuals, voice, tone, diction, grammar, and mechanics. (I, IV, V)

5.         Find, evaluate, select, and synthesize both primary and secondary sources to examine a topic from multiple perspectives. (I, III)

6.         Integrate sources through summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting from sources to develop and support one's own ideas. (III, IV)

7.         Produce writing projects that demonstrate effective collaboration. (I, II)

8.         Identify, select and use an appropriate format for the specific rhetorical situation. (III)

9.         Use feedback obtained through peer review, instructor comments, and/or other sources to revise writing. (II)

10.       Assess one's own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II)

11.       Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, V)

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
ENG270  2010 Summer I - 9999	Workplace Writing

 

I.          Applying Knowledge of Rhetorical Contexts

            A.        Discourse Community

            B.        Circumstance

            C.        Purpose

            D.        Topic

            E.         Audience

            F.         Writer

II.        Refining Effective Processes

            A.        Invention

            B.        Drafting

            C.        Collaboration

            D.        Feedback

            E.         Revision

            F.         Primary Research

            G.        Secondary Research

III.       Researching Critically

            A.        Primary and secondary sources

            B.        Note taking

            C.        Summary and paraphrase

            D.        Information literacy

IV.       Writing Persuasively

            A.        Logical appeals

            B.        Ethical appeals

            C.        Emotional appeals

            D.        Visual appeals

            E.         Authority

            F.         Evidence

V.        Applying Conventions

            A.        Format

            B.        Structure

            C.        Mechanics