English | Professional Writing Skills
W231 | 1641-1660 | Staff


Sections open to all students:
10:10A-11:00A  MW  (25) 3 cr
12:20P-1:10P  MW  (25) 3 cr
1:25P-2:15P  MW  (25) 3 cr
2:30P-3:20P  MW  (25) 3 cr
3:35P-4:25P  MW  (25) 3 cr
4:40P-5:30P  MW  (25) 3 cr
8:00A-8:50A  TR  (25) 3 cr
11:15A-12:05P  TR  (25) 3 cr
12:20P-1:10P  TR  (25) 3 cr
2:30P-3:20P  TR  (25) 3 cr
3:35P-4:25P  TR  (25) 3 cr
4:40P-5:30P  TR  (25) 3 cr
7:55P-8:45P  TR  (25) 3 cr
Section primarily for Forest, Read, Wilkie residents:
9:05A-9:55A  MW  (25) 3 cr
Section for Evening Division students:
6:50P-8:45P  M  (25) 3 cr
Sections only for students in SPEA and HER:
8:00A-8:50A  MW  (25) 3 cr
10:10A-11:00A  MW  (25) 3 cr
12:20P-1:10P  MW  (25) 3 cr
2:30P-3:20P  TR  (25) 3 cr
Section only for Allied Health Science Majors:
4:40P-5:30P  TR  (25) 3 cr

For all sections:

Prerequisite: W131 or equivalent.

This course is designed to develop a broad range of writing skills that will be useful to
professionals in the field of public affairs.  This course concentrates on the writing of concise,
informative prose, and emphasizes the importance of writing with a clearly defined purpose and
audience.  Assignments will be based on general principles of communication but will usually
take the form of writing done in the world of work: letters, memos, summaries and abstracts,
reports, proposals, etc.

Students will often be able to write on subjects related to their major field of study.  The course
requires constant, careful attention to writing and rewriting, and many classes will be conducted
as workshops, with writing exercises and detailed discussion of the work of class members.