Ref. # TBA
This is a blended class with 50% of the instruction done online and 50% face-to-face. We will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and some Mondays. Those dates will be specified on the course syllabus.
NOTE: We will Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday of the first week during class time.
Mandatory online orientation TBA
You must complete the online orientation by the due date, or you will be dropped from the class.
Faculty Introduction:
Welcome to ENC 2210: Professional and Technical Writing. I'm Ana Cowo, and I'll be your instructor for this course. I'm a full-time faculty member on North Campus and teach several Composition, Technical and Professional Writing, and Litearture courses. I look forward to working with you this semester.
Course Description:
A composition course focusing on writing for business, science and technology. Assignments include letters, memos, reports, resumes, summaries, proposals, oral presentations, and the use of graphics. Students use a variety of research and investigative techniques to produce in-depth documented papers on science, business and technological subjects. Students must pass either ENC 1102 or ENC 2210 to fulfill area 1B general education requirements and Area 7 for the writing requirements for the A.A. degree. This course meets area 5 general education requirement for the A.S. degree. Students must pass with a minimum grade of C to meet the college writing requirement.
Methods of Instruction:
This is a three credit hour course that meets face to face for 50% of the class, and fully online for 50% of the class for 16 weeks.
The student is expected to participate online several hours each week. Participation is required.
Learning Outcomes:
Writing is an important skill for you to obtain. In this course, you will learn to write more clearly and critically.
Upon completion of this course you will:
- demonstrate writing skills that are precise, concise, and grammatically and mechanically correct. You will be able to recognize and discuss the different purposes and contexts of professional versus expository writing.
- be able to interpret data, select and construct appropriate graphics for written and oral reports.
- be able to recognize, identify, and incorporate appropriate elements of page and document design.
- be able to write appropriate letters, memos, and e-mails.
- be able to write a personal resume nad cover letter suitable for applications.
- be able to write a summary appropriate for a particular audience and purpose.
- be able to write an investigative, progress, evaluation, feasibility report, or proposal of appropriate length.
- be able to read and comprehend definitions and write them within a report or to expand definitions as a separate report or as component parts of another report.
- be familiar with criteria for effective web content/design and demonstrate an introductory knowledge of effective web design concepts.
- be able to write and to illusrtate a set of operational instructions, and/or analyze, write about, and illustrate a process.
- recognize and use a variety of research and investigative techniques to produce in-depth documented papers employiing appropriate documentation.
- be able to plan and deliver an oral presentation before the class.
Text: Business Communication Building Critical Skills, Fifth Edition by Locker and Kaczmarek
Access to computer and internet. If you do not have your own computer, you can use BC open labs at any BC Learning Resource Center.
Access to Microsoft Word Processing software; all papers must be submitted as a Word document (doc, docx) or as Rich Text Format (rtf)
How to Register for this Course:
Please visit myBC website for student information.
Students must pay for the course before they will be able to log into the course.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this course, email me at acowo@broward.edu or call me at 954-201-2293.
How to access this course once you are enrolled in this course:
Please Note: the only people who will be permitted to login are those students who have registered and paid for the course. There may be a delay of up to 24 hours from when a student registers and pays before D2L login is activated.
Obtain BC email user ID and PIN code before attempting to log in to D2L. At BC email address site, click on "ID Lookup", then enter your Student# (or INTL Student ID#) and PIN code (2 digit birth month and 2 digit year). Write down your email ID (not the @mail.broward.edu part), which is your D2L User Name.
Your D2L User Name is the same as your BC email ID.
Your D2L password is the same as your BC email PIN code
