Maricopa Community Colleges  NMS203   19976-20085 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/25/97
NMS203 19976-20085 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Writing for Electronic Media
Writing using the modes and resources available on the Internet. Use of information and resources available on the Internet in writing, as well as writing for the Internet itself.
Prerequisites: English placement test score of 40 or better.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NMS203   19976-20085 Writing for Electronic Media
1. Access the Internet using appropriate software. (I)
2. Assess and apply revision strategies and tactics. (II)
3. Explore and apply rhetorical strategies appropriate to both traditional and on-line composition. (II, III)
4. Compose, assess, and analyze digital text for an Internet environment. (II, V)
5. Access and participate in Internet communities, both synchronous and asynchronous. (III)
6. Describe and use Internet conventions. (III)
7. Use the Internet to gather information. (IV)
8. Identify and analyze controversies in Internet communication. (VI, VII)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
NMS203   19976-20085 Writing for Electronic Media
    I. Accessing the Internet using resources and software
        A. Asynchronous
          1. Mail lists
          2. Bulletin board services
          3. Usenet
        B. Synchronous
          1. Internet relay chat
          2. MUDs
          3. MOOs
          4. MUSHes
        C. Information resources
          1. Gopher
          2. World Wide Web
      II. Creating, designing, and organizing digital text
          A. Word processing
          B. E-mail
          C. Hypertext
        III. Participating in both synchronous and asynchronous Internet communities
          IV. Using the Internet to gather information and perform research
            V. Critically analyzing and assessing Internet text
              VI. Analyzing controversial issues about the Internet
                VII. Writing argumentatively about the Internet
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