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1. Rhetorical Knowledge
Specifically, at the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Focus on a specific rhetorical purpose.
- Recognize different audiences and their specific needs.
- Use conventions of format, structure, and language appropriate
to the purpose of the texts they write.
- Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality.
2. Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
Specifically, at the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and
communication.
- Learn the steps necessary to carry out a writing assignment or
task, including locating, evaluating, analyzing , and
synthesizing appropriate primary and second sources.
- Investigate, report, and document existing knowledge, as well
as knowledge students develop themselves.
- Use computerized technology to communicate.
3. Knowledge of Conventions
Specifically, at the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure
and paragraphing to tone and mechanics.
- Acquire knowledge and conventions for different kinds of
writing and occasions for writing.
- Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation,
and spelling.
4. Processes
Specifically, at the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand that writing is an on-going process that permits
writers to use later invention and re-thinking to improve all
aspects of what they are writing
- Develop strategies for generating, revising, editing, and
proof-reading texts
- Learn to critique their own and others' writing
- Use a variety of media, including particularly standard
computerized media, in ways that permit them to make their
writing acceptable to wide variety of readers.
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