ENGL 3050 - Professional Writing: Audience, Genre, and Workplace Cultures

This course prepares students to produce effective communications in workplaces and organizations, helping them transition from academic to professional writing. Students gain practice with both informational and persuasive genres in print, digital, and visual formats. Students also gain practice with various methods of intellectual inquiry, including both qualitative and quantitative research methods, with special attention on discovering the needs and expectations of readers in workplace and professional contexts. Inherent in all student projects is consideration of ethics in a writer's rhetorical and methodological decisions. At the center of the course is the vital connection between effective communication and the success of organizations at both the local and national levels. Thus, this course interrogates the "Big Question": how can the study and practice of professional communication prepare students for success as they seek careers in the arena of local and national organizations? This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Local and National Perspectives Category.

Credits: 4 hours

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