TWWS 7102 - Writing Foundations – Improve Precision
3428804
Delivery Options
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Course Description
Writing Foundations is delivered through four consecutive workshops, each one focusing on key topics that will provide you with the skills necessary to enhance your writing for a variety of purposes.
Honing skills in effective written communication is key in any educational or workplace setting. Whether you are a student or working toward a specific career goal, professors, and employers alike, place a high value on writing that is clear, concise, persuasive, and accessible to all readers.
Why you should take this workshop series:
- Enhance your written communication skills
- Identify and correct the top 10 sentence structure errors in your written work
- Present the facts through concise writing
- Improve writing to deliver clear and professional content
- Learn how to accurately cite sources
Module 1
- Introduction/ Ice breaker
- Writing in a high-tech world
- Characteristics of Effective Technical Writing
- Reports vs. Essays
- Error Analysis based on writing sample (previously submitted)
- In-class Writing Assignment based on prompt (20 mins)
Module 2
- Top 20 Writing problem spots
- Error Analysis based on in-class Writing Sample from Module 1
- Writing the Grad Thesis
Module 3
- Top 10 Sentence Structure Errors
- Citing Sources
Module 4
- Rules of Punctuation
- Thesis Statements
- Effective E-mails
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