ENGL 1245 - Applied Communications II

4.5 Credits

Students build on the skills learned in their Level I English course and further develop industry-specific rhetorical knowledge through contextualized writing and presentation assignments. Students practice critical reading strategies using field-specific texts (work orders, requests for proposals, etc.). Students learn field-specific research strategies and resources. Students practice various forms of workplace writing and oral presentation including action plans and project proposals; and use a writing process to draft, revise and edit documents. This is a Level II class.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1011 or ENGL 1220 or ENGL 1225 or ENGL 1230

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Demonstrate rhetorical awareness in workplace communications, identifying how written documents and oral presentations meet the needs of an audience, fulfill a purpose, and utilize a format that is accessible and easy to understand.
Identify best strategies for conducting field-specific primary research.
Identify best secondary research materials within their fields by critically reading and analyzing field-specific texts.
Create researched field-specific written documents.
Create researched field-specific oral presentations.

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