5 Course Objectives

Goals — This course should:

• provide you with the confidence to use written communication in your work and personal experience beyond college,

• acquaint you with the concept of a writer-reader relationship and identify the need for active participation from both writer and reader,

• teach you the skills needed to successfully communicate in a modern world through written materials.

Objectives — If you effectively complete readings, practice exercises, workshops and assignments, you will:

• learn to identify and select many types of writing frequently required in a variety of careers,

• practice audience analysis and develop effective communication strategies for a variety of audiences,

• determine your purposes/objectives and develop skill in composing and revising on the computer documents with formats and language appropriate for those purposes,

• demonstrate in your writing the effective communication principles encouraged by professional writers,

• achieve a greater awareness of the importance of selecting and integrating graphics with written communication,

• improve your ability to differentiate among and to use facts, inferences and judgments.