Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: USDA-0606 Organization's ID: WRIT1120E Organization: Graduate School Location: Classroom-based Length: 30 hours (3 weeks) Dates Offered: 8/1/2004 - 7/31/2012 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Business English, English, Journalism, or Technical Writing Vocational-Certificate 3 Business English, English, Journalism, or Technical Writing Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: To provide students with the skills to build on the current trend to make government documents clear, concise, and easy-to-understand. Learning Outcomes: Identify subtleties of audience analysis that can help strengthen the message Shorten simplify, and strengthen messages while setting the appropriate tone Apply not only the broad principles of writing that would be important to any message, but also the special techniques/considerations related to press releases, speeches, reports, and other specific forms of presentation Effectively integrate audience analysis, writing purpose, and message content Plan and organize the writing process as well as the individual messages Identify and correct common writing errors Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Discussion Lectures Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Page Content