Course+Outline

=**English 205 Course Outline**=


 * Assignments May Include**
 * Oral presentation (e.g., presentation of long paper or incident report; PowerPoint presentation or podcast)
 * Short papers (e.g., incident report)
 * Long paper (e.g., analysis of ethical issue, discussion of a particular rhetorical/language style/use, research on a business issue/institution)
 * Miscellaneous writing assignments (e.g., peer response to colleagues’ writing-in-progress, reading logs, blogs, Moodle posts, memos, emails)


 * 1) At least one assignment will pay explicit or implicit attention to questions around communicating to a diverse audience.
 * 2) At least one assignment will include critical reflection on particular uses of language and other rhetorical strategies in the contexts of geopolitical and other power relations.
 * 3) At least one assignment will include an analysis of an ethical issue in business.
 * 4) At least one assignment will require the use of technology.
 * 5) At least one assignment will require students to engage in independent outside research.


 * Course Units May Include the Following Topics:**
 * The writing process (including generating material, researching, drafting, revising, and editing)
 * Oral presentation strategies
 * Use of technology and visual aids in written and oral presentations
 * Different forms of writing in and about the business world; specific genres, potential audiences, and appropriate rhetorical strategies
 * Case studies on ethical issues
 * Communicating with diverse audiences (e.g., diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, nationality, culture, class, gender, sexuality, disability)