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Course Descriptions
WR90 Paragraph Fundamentals
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Paragraph Fundamentals is designed to help students
write clear, correct paragraphs in standard English.
A final goal is to have students organize paragraphs
in an extended essay. The class will include discussion
of grammar, punctuation, and conventions of style
and usage.
Prerequisite: WR0525 with a “C” or better or placement
test score.
WR110 Writing From Observation
1 credit (20 lec hrs/total)
Students will apply techniques of inquiry and analysis
from various academic disciplines in order to understand
and resolve key issues at selected field sites.
Introductory lecture/lab will survey key issues and
introduce techniques required for a site-based field study.
Initial visits will be organized by a lead instructor or a
team of instructors. With pre-approval and consultation of
a writing instructor, this course may provide writing
assignments for the Freshman Composition sequence.
This course may also serve as preparation for a
second-year capstone project.
WR121 English Composition
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course presents the fundamentals and
development of expository prose through frequent writing
exercises. It is designed to help students learn the use of
unity, clarity, coherence, and detail in the development of
written ideas.
Prerequisite: WR90 with a “C” or better or placement
test score.
WR122 English Composition
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course continues the preparation of the
fundamentals of expository prose, with special emphasis
on rhetorical principles of argumentation. Special
attention is given to audience and style. The basic
principles and use of logic in argumentative/persuasive
writing are introduced.
Prerequisite: WR121 with a “C” or better.
WR123 English Composition
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course is designed to teach the research process
and the conventions of writing and documenting a
research paper and the discourse conventions, audience
expectations, and bibliographic formats of selected
disciplines. Emphasis is on developing a method for
planning, researching, and writing papers based on
collected information. The research paper develops an
argumentative or analytical thesis; it necessitates critical
reading and persuasive writing.
Prerequisite: WR122 with a “C” or better.
WR214 Business English
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
For Business and Office Occupations majors, WR214
consists of the study of and practice in modern business
communication, especially written communication.
Emphasis is on persuasive and routine correspondence,
rhetorical strategies, and appropriate conventions.
The class will shape students' language skills, focusing
on conciseness, correctness, and consistent and
appropriate tone. Students learn to use style sheets and
current conventions in punctuation. Students will take
their knowledge of human behavior, business
environments, and business organization and apply it to
effective written and oral business communication.
Prerequisite: WR121 with a “C” or better.
WR214T Professional/Technical Writing
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Professional/Technical Writing will familiarize students
with various strategies for accomplishing professional
goals through communication. The course will stress the
application of higher order thinking in persuasive and
routine correspondence, memos, and reports by
examining rhetorical strategies and the importance of
appropriate style and conventions. Students will write at
least 3,000 words to be evaluated by the instructor, in
addition to other, non-evaluated assignments.
Prerequisite: WR121 with a “C” or better.
WR222 Advanced Composition
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This advanced course explores approaches to writing
that are beyond the scope of traditional composition
offerings. The emphasis is on sophisticated or
experimental methods and abundant student writing.
Prerequisite: WR122 with a “C” or better.
WR227 Report Writing
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Report Writing will study the principles of
composition applied to the writing of reports required in
the technical and business professions. It includes
procedures for fact gathering, organization, graphic
layout, and other methods of compiling data. Students
will learn to quote, paraphrase, and summarize sources
correctly and effectively, and to cite those sources and
list them with the aid of a style sheet. Students will write
reports in their chosen disciplines.
Prerequisite: WR122, WR214 or WR214T with a
“C” or better.
Southwestern Oregon Community College 2006-07 Catalog www.socc.edu Course Descriptions 206