Course Objectives
Objective 1
The course will increase the ability to analyze and comprehend college-level texts.
Objective 2
The course will develop, through culturally diverse readings, the awareness of rhetorical strategies as well as the uses and abuses of language.
Objective 3
The course will increase critical reasoning skills as they reflect the interdependence of critical thinking and written discourse.
Objective 4
The course will build confidence, reduce writing anxiety, and strengthen personal voice.
Objective 5
The course will reinforce the theory and practice of writing as a recursive process.
Objective 6
The course will help students understand the many contexts for writing, including timed writing, and develop appropriate strategies for the writer's multiple purposes and audiences.
Objective 7
The course will develop fluency and style by encouraging sentence variety, increasing vocabulary, and using Edited American English.
Objective 8
The course will increase proficiency in research techniques required by the various University disciplines and familiarize students with appropriate style sheets.
Objective 9
The course will facilitate the use of basic computer applications--word processing, email, and Internet access--and other technological media.
Objective 10
The course will promote writing as a means of participation in democracy and social change.