2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Goal 2.


The ability to write and speak logically, clearly, precisely, and the ability, through accurate reading and listening, to acquire, organize, present, and document information and ideas (three credits).

Outcomes: Students will

♦ Understand and adapt to rhetorical and contextual differences in tasks involving writing, reading, speaking, and listening
♦ Engage in academic inquiry using and evaluating a variety of sources, incorporating and documenting source material appropriately, and avoiding plagiarism
♦ Develop flexible processes for engaging in academic writing
♦ Develop knowledge of conventions for different kinds of texts and demonstrate substantial control of the conventions of Edited American English
♦ Reflect on and make judgments about their own texts and writing processes