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Professional Development: Writing for Results
Location
Internet
Term
3rd Term
Department
MAS Office
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to Online Learning
What’s the essential skill you need to advance your career? Writing. For better or worse—hopefully better—you’ll spend much of your career communicating to colleagues, bosses and others via the written word. If you can improve your writing, you'll be more successful in conveying your thoughts and persuading colleagues and leaders in your organization to act on your ideas. No matter whether you currently approach writing with confidence or abject dread, this course will systematically improve your writing skills.
Introduces a systematic approach to writing— from planning and organization to revision and completion; emphasizes the importance of defining the message, the audience and purpose; examines the basic elements of good writing; focuses on clarity, concision and style; explores the use of storytelling to maximize impact; and emphasizes best practices in various forms of writing, including emails, memos, reports, proposals and op-eds.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Write confidently and effectively in a variety of professional forms
- Prepare for and organize any writing task
- Employ storytelling to strengthen writing
- Integrate strategic revision into the writing process
- Eliminate wordiness in writing
- Apply standard grammar and style conventions while writing
- Evaluate the effectiveness of others’ writing
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 50% Written Assignment(s)
- 20% Paper(s)
- 15% Quizzes
- 15% Participation
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to OPAL students