The Department's English Area offers general education courses (English 121 and Technical Report Writing) that are part of the Ohio Transfer Module. Faculty also teach various required and elective writing-focused courses that students from all across campus take for their degrees.
Applied Professional Writing Certificate
2020:120 Writing and Editing (1 credit)
Examination of the editing process of writing. Focuses on developing a clear, effective, and correct professional writing style appropriate for academic and business documents. Has met Quality Matters (QM) online course review standards.
2020:121 English (3 credits)
English composition focused on inventive writing, essay structure, process, consideration of strength, source of evidence, and citation; and development options leading to persuasion and argument. Has met Quality Matters (QM) online course review standards.
2020:123 Writing for Presentations (1 credit)
A writing intensive course that focuses on the rhetorical and theoretical challenges and considerations of effective presentations.
2020:216 Collaborative Writing (1 credit)
Prerequisite: 3300:111 or 2020:121 or equivalent.
A writing course that focuses on strategies and techniques for successful collaborative writing in the workplace.
2020:220 Writing and Research
Prerequisite: 3300:111 or 2020:121 or equivalent.
Practical examination of writing effectively and professionally about primary and secondary research sources in the student's choice of several citation methods.
2020:222 Technical Report Writing (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 121, 3300:111 or equivalent.
Prepares student to write the types of reports most often required of technicians, engineers, and scientists. Includes types of reports, memoranda, and letters; techniques of research, documentation and oral presentations. Has met Quality Matters (QM) online course review standards.
2020:224 Writing for Advertising (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 121, 3300:111 or equivalent.
Introduction to the copywriter's role in print advertising and collateral materials. Study of advertising language; practice in writing advertisements, brochures, sales letters. Includes writing for a portfolio. Has met Quality Matters (QM) online course review standards.
2020:226 Electronic Reference Resources in the Computer Age (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 121, 3300:111 or equivalent.
Designed for individuals to broaden their scope and understanding of various electronic research techniques. Study, evaluation and use of current emerging technologies will be examined.
2020:227 Writing for the World Wide Web (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 121 or equivalent, familiarity with Internet (or attend Computer Center training seminar), knowledge of word processing software.
Introductory course examines spoken and written contexts merging into one "writing space"; provides writing theory and practice for effective e-mail, newsgroups, chat, and website writing. Has met Quality Matters (QM) online course review standards.
2020:290 Special Topics: Associate Studies (1-4 credits)
Prerequisite: permission. May be repeated with a change in topic.
Selected topics on subject areas of interest in associate studies.
2020:325 Signs of Professional Writing (1 credit)
Prerequisite: 3300:111 or 2020:121 or equivalent.
Practical examination of concrete and abstract indicators that lead readers to judge the professional quality of a written text beyond its meaning and correctness.
This certification mark recognizes that the following online courses have met Quality Matters review standards:
For more information about Quality Matters (QM), visit the QM Web site at: http://www.qmprogram.org/.
Department of Applied General and Technical Studies
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Sukanya Kemp
Interim Department Chair
Professor of Social Science
Phone: 330-972-8351
Joy LiCause
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 330-972-7702
Fax: 330-972-7785
