Outcomes Statement for English 306—Business Writing
 
The Outcomes Statement for English 306 is intended to provide instructors and students with a sense of what kinds of knowledge students should be expected to acquire and demonstrate by the end of each course.  The course outcomes, which were created through the participation of instructors in the Composition Program and the School of Business, are intended to create a sense of common purpose for the courses and clear expectations for the students.  At the same time, the Outcomes have been written to maintain the flexibility in the program that allows individual instructors to continue the tradition of innovation and creativity in the classroom that is one of the great strengths of the University of Louisville Composition Program.
 

English 306

The focus of English 306 is recognizing and responding in writing to different rhetorical situations in the professional world.  A student in English 306 should expect to create and revise documents in multiple genres.  Each document should establish a clear purpose, sense of audience awareness, and sense of the writer’s presence and position.  A student in English 306 should expect to complete four-to-six projects.
 

Rhetorical Knowledge (responding appropriately to a variety of rhetorical situations)

 
By the end of English 306, students should demonstrate the ability to produce writing and use oral communication skills that
 

• Demonstrate knowledge of audience, which includes the ability to determine appropriate scope, genre, and tone when producing a professional document

• Demonstrate knowledge of context, which includes analyzing professional cultures, social contexts, and audiences to determine how they shape the various purposes and forms of writing

• Demonstrate knowledge of research methods that produce professional documents, including analyzing professional contexts and assessing and summarizing information resources

Processes

 
By the end of English 306, students should demonstrate the ability to produce writing that
 

• Demonstrates knowledge of the writing process, which means engaging various strategies for planning, researching, drafting, revising, and editing documents that respond effectively and ethically to professional situations and audiences

• Demonstrates knowledge of collaborative strategies, such as working and communicating on-line, setting and achieving project goals, and responding constructively to peers’ work

Conventions

 
By the end of English 306, students should demonstrate the ability to produce writing that

• Demonstrates control of the editing process, including the production of documents which exhibit concise language, appropriate format, proper sentence structure, and standardized grammar

• Demonstrates knowledge of document design, including the implementation of various principles of format, layout, and design of professional visual/verbal documents that meet multiple needs.