Writing Workshop - 4 credits

The Writing Workshop will re-introduce you to skills essential for successful university study as well as workplace writing. This is not just an "academic" subject. It is also important for your career development and your confidence in the workplace. This course focuses on knowledge and skills of expression that bring university study and workplace experience closer together: reading, interpretation, and making meaning; discovery skills; note-taking, annotation, and writing to learn; finding the argument and thesis of a text; writing summaries and paraphrases; grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and word choice; writing as a public act; writing for readers, working with a partner, giving feedback and elementary editing; email communication and computer-based writing skills; and demonstration and set-up of an individual writing portfolio. You will also gain one or more writing partners (you and your partner will help each other with writing assignments for this class, and other courses if you choose to do so), set-up an individual electronic writing portfolio, and most importantly, your instructor will offer individualized written evaluations of your work.