Course Competency 1: Employ rhetorical strategies

Learning Objectives:

• Establish rhetorical context
• Apply standardized English language conventions
• Integrate techniques appropriate to strategy
• Use style appropriate for audience
• Match tone to purpose of product
• Match purpose to audience's need

Course Competency 2: Develop thesis statement(s)

Learning Objectives:

• Use thesis statement(s) to unify content
• Use thesis statement to qualify purpose
• Use thesis statement to control content
• Use thesis to convey author's message

Course Competency 3: Compose paragraphs

Learning Objectives:

• Construct topic sentences
• Use topic sentence(s) to control content within a paragraph
• Develop content to support controlling idea
• Organize message to convey logical progression of idea
• Use transitions to ensure cohesion

Course Competency 4: Organize document content

Learning Objectives:

• Apply structure to the product
• Introduce content
• Arrange supporting content
• Conclude content
• Use transitions to ensure cohesion

Course Competency 5: Apply revision techniques to created content

Learning Objectives:

• Apply a revision process
• Revise for purpose
• Revise for audience
• Edit for mechanics
• Revise content for cohesion
• Edit for format
• Edit for documentation
• Revise content for unity

Course Competency 6: Apply the writing process to various essay types

Learning Objectives:

• Apply pre-writing techniques
• Establish document purpose
• Develop paragraphs that support the thesis
• Apply analytical writing technique
• Apply expository writing technique
• Apply research writing technique
• Apply standardized English language conventions

Course Competency 7: Employ critical reading skills

Learning Objectives:

• Summarize main ideas
• Identify thesis or key point
• Apply critical reading strategies
• Analyze text using rhetorical knowledge

Course Competency 8: Evaluate information from various sources

Learning Objectives:

• Employ multiple information search strategies
• Locate sources appropriate to the product
• Document sources
• Evaluate sources for credibility
• Identify sources as primary or secondary
• Classify source types
• Use library databases, when applicable

Course Competency 9: Integrate sources into document content

Learning Objectives:

• Use source integration strategies
• Use source information to develop writer's ideas
• Employ balance between writer's ideas and integrated sources
• Apply APA or MLA standards to in-text citation(s)
• Apply APA or MLA standards to source list
• Apply paraphrasing techniques
• Apply quotation techniques
• Apply summarization techniques

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