Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

SOPH-0050

Organization's ID:

ENG1010

Organization:

SOPHIA Learning, LLC

Location:

Online

Length:

Self-paced (60-90 days)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Fundamentals of Writing

Description

Objective:

This course objective is to prepare students for successful workplace communication by teaching the fundamentals for how to harness the power of words to engage and inform. Students will practice crafting clear and targeted messages for a variety of audiences in a professional setting by using the conceptual tools of writing together with professional tools of communication such as email and presentation software. Those messages will in turn be utilized to enact workplace initiatives for professional innovation.

Learning Outcomes:

apply writing and revising techniques to narrative, comparison/contrast, informative, and argumentative essays
use planning strategies to complete a plan for writing
analyze the types and quality of sources
incorporate credible sources into informative writing
draft writing that aligns to purpose, audience, context, and uses an appropriate form
use prewriting strategies to identify audience and purpose, outline, and prepare the main point of a persuasive communication
develop effective research questions and thesis statements
examine relevant and persuasive information from writing to draft a presentation
apply the principles and techniques of argumentative writing
organize writing to ensure the message is effective for a specific audience and purpose
use prewriting strategies to identify audience and purpose, outline, and prepare the main point of a persuasive communication