Goal Area 1: Communication

Part A: English Composition

Requires one course, 3 credits or more, with a grade of at least “P” or “C” (2.0). A grade of “C-” does not satisfy this goal area.

Goal: The goal is to provide students with

• a rich understanding of how writing works
• guided opportunities to apply this understanding in specific writing situations
• experience analyzing, researching, and writing for academic writing situations
• opportunities to reflect on the development of their writing knowledge and skills

Students will be able to:

• draw upon strategies for idea generation, drafting, revision, design, and editing;
• analyze and produce texts guided by basic rhetorical concepts;
• practice critical reading skills, including the ability to identify genre conventions and evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning in a text;
• demonstrate effective research processes, including the ability to gather academic and non-academic sources and assess their quality and suitability for the writing situation;
• integrate sources in their writing to achieve specific aims, making appropriate use of summary, paraphrase, quotation, and citation conventions;
• explain their writing choices, using concrete examples to support their claims;
• employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.

ENG	101	Composition	4
ENG	101P	Composition	4
ENG	104	Stretch Composition II	4

Part B: Speech and Oral Reasoning

(Requires one course, 3 credits or more)

Goal: To develop skills necessary for reasoned communication. Courses in this goal area will require individual public speaking which is critiqued by the instructor. Speaking and reasoning competency is an ongoing process which needs to be reinforced throughout the curriculum.

Students will be able to:

• understand/demonstrate communication processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation;
• participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding;
• analyze, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from diverse sources and points of view.
• select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences;
• construct logical and coherent arguments;
• use authority, point of view, and individual voice and style in communications;
• employ syntax, usage and analytical techniques appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.

CDIS	201	Observation of Human Communication	3
CMST	100	Fundamentals of Communication	3
CMST	102	Public Speaking	3
CMST	212	Professional Communication and Interviewing	4
POL	234	Model United Nations	3