This course introduces students
to key principles and rhetorical strategies of writing texts
in non-academic settings. Although informed by rhetorical theory,
this course encourages students to examine and practice a range
of techniques to create appropriate and effective texts.
By concentrating on audiences,
purposes, forms, and formats of professional correspondence,
students will write and design a variety of documents which emphasize
content, organization, tone, and readability. The course may
address issues of oral communication; however, the primary focus
will be on learning and conscientiously applying techniques to
generate written documents in business contexts.