Syllabus: WRIT 212/01-02 Introduction to Professional Writing
binghamton University
Writing Initiative
Robert Danberg, PhD
[email protected]
How the Course Works
The course will consist of a series of cases that asks you to revise or produce documents suitable for specific situations. For each case, there will be exercises intended to help you analyze the situation and document. You’ll have reading to do, and some preparatory work in the form of discussion board, blog, or wiki postings. The case will end when you submit a ‘deliverable’ or final document called for by the case.
When you submit the deliverable, I’ll make textual and recorded comments. At the end of the term, you'll submit an e-portfolio which I will grade. Please see "Grades" for more informaiton
Learning Objectives
The course will consist of a series of cases that asks you to revise or produce documents suitable for specific situations. For each case, there will be exercises intended to help you analyze the situation and document. You’ll have reading to do, and some preparatory work in the form of discussion board, blog, or wiki postings. The case will end when you submit a ‘deliverable’ or final document called for by the case.
When you submit the deliverable, I’ll make textual and recorded comments. At the end of the term, you'll submit an e-portfolio which I will grade. Please see "Grades" for more informaiton
Learning Objectives
- The ability to write effectively and coherently, in ways appropriate to the discipline and the level of the course
- The ability to revise and improve writing in both form and content
- Develop fluency with revision strategies useful in professional writing
- Familiarize yourself with the settings and demands of workplace writing
- Learn methods for analyzing the relationship between audience, language, text and purpose useful to the workplace
- Practice analyzing texts and situations and producing appropriate written responses
- Acquire experience with some common genres for communicating in writing in a professional context
- Practice forms of communication essential to positive collaboration in a professional context
- Practice using resources to compose for professional situations
- Analyze prose for effective communication
- Familiarize yourself with the intercultural dimensions of professional communication
- Use several different communication platforms, including blogs, wikis and email
Submission Protocol
Each assignment will have a deliverable which you will submit to me via Turnitin, a website which I am going to use to respond to your writing. Submit as instructed under the assignment. In specific instances, you may be asked to submit material to me via an email address I’ve set up for the class, [email protected]. When you are asked to submit an assignment to this email, please follow instructions as to the subject line and whether to attach or paste your assignment. Course Documents Course documents that pertain to assignments will be found through our course text. Documents that describe the assignments, what is due, schedules, and so on will be available through Blackboard. Communication I will communicate via email and announcements through Blackboard. Please read all communication promptly. At times, I will ask for you a reply that you have read and understood the email I’ve sent. Communication from your end is extremely important to your success in class. If you have problems with assignment instructions or personal or technical emergencies that have an impact on your performance in class, you must contact me. When you contact me, we can, perhaps, arrive at a solution. Late or Missed Assignments The course is short and the writing is frequent. So that I can reply to your work and provide you with comments to help you revise for you portfolio in a timely manner, students must submit work on time. If there are circumstances that interfere with your work, such as family or work emergencies or illness, contact me. Otherwise, my policy is as follows: All late assignments will influence your final grade. Any assignment that come later than 11:59 PM on the day following the due date will not receive comments from me. The late assignment policy pertains to discussion boards, blogs, and exercises. Also, we will have scheduled phone appointments. These appointments are required. A missed appointment will influence your final grade. Appointments will be rescheduled for alternate times. |
Plagiarism and Binghamton’s Academic Honesty Code
A primary goal of this class is to teach you how to use and document sources appropriately. If you have questions or are confused, please do not hesitate to ask. Any violation of the Academic Honesty Code, however, constitutes plagiarism, which can result in failure of the course or suspension from the University. The Academic Honesty Code defines plagiarism as: Presenting the work of another person as one’s own work (including papers, words, ideas, information, computer code, data, evidence-organizing principles, or style of presentation of someone else taken from the Internet, books, periodicals or other sources). This includes:
Disabilities The Writing Initiative is committed to open access for students with disabilities. If you have a disability that requires specific accommodations in this course, please let me know as soon as possible. This information will be kept confidential. Technology As an online course, Intro to Professional Writing relies heavily on the tools provided by Blackboard. For some of you, these tools may be new or the may work differently than you’ve been used to in other classes. You can contact the staff members of the Binghamton University Center for Training and Development (UCTD), whose contact information is listed below. Tami Regulski, Training Associate [email protected] 607-777-6145 Carol Bell Assistant Director [email protected] 607-777- 76398 They are available by phone. The center is staffed from Monday through Friday from 8:00 PM to 4 PM. |