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.