Exploring Writing in College Contexts

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

MAC Written Communication

• Analyze written texts to understand how they relate to particular audiences, purposes, and contexts as a way to inform one’s own writing.

• Create and revise written texts for particular audiences, purposes, and contexts.

• Through oral or written reflection demonstrate awareness of one’s writing choices as well as how one’s own writing contributes to ongoing conversations.

ENG Additional learning outcomes

• Identify and employ fundamental rhetorical concepts including the rhetorical triangle, the canons, and/or the appeals in both formal and informal discourse;

• Summarize, quote, paraphrase, and synthesize source material in support of an argument;

• Employ drafting, peer review, and revision techniques in order to improve content, style, and structure of their own writing.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Literacy Narrative	15%
Blogging	20%
Argumentative Essay	15%
Alternative Media Mini Projects	10%
Curated Portfolio	25%
Homework and Participation	10%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93.0 and above	A
90.0 – 92.9	A-
87.0 – 89.9	B+
83.0 – 86.9	B
80.0 – 82.9	B-
77.0 – 79.9	C+
73.0 – 76.9	C
70.0 – 72.9	C-
67.0 – 69.9	D+
63.0 – 66.9	D
60.0 – 62.9	D-
Below 60.0	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance in this asynchronous course will be gauged through your timely completion of all required activities, including submitting drafts, engaging in peer review, posting to the Discussion Board, and completing readings, quizzes, and all other activities by their deadlines. Missed work can be completed according to the Late Work policy below. You should expect to visit our course Canvas site every day to submit work if you hope to be successful in this course.

State law requires that students be allowed two absences due to religious holidays; please notify me at least 48 hours prior to your anticipated absence. Intercollegiate athletes should provide official documentation of anticipated absences early in the semester. Absences for religious holidays and documented athletic events might be treated as exceptions according to the Late Work policy below.

If you have extenuating circumstances such as a chronic illness, an injury requiring prolonged medical treatment, prolonged psychological issues, etc., you should make your instructor aware of these circumstances as soon as possible and keep your instructor informed until you are able to return to class. You should also contact the Dean of Students Office, which can review documentation and notify multiple instructors on your behalf, especially if hospitalization or distress prevent you from doing so yourself. You should be aware, however, that the Dean of Students Office will not override any individual instructor’s attendance policy and that decisions about whether and how to accommodate students in distress are made by individual instructors. The Dean of Students office is located at 210 Elliott University Center and can be reached at 336-334-5514 or deanofstudentsoffice@uncg.edu.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Morris, Carole-Anne and Nora Webb, eds. Writing Matters: Practical Techniques for College Writers. 2nd Edition. Macmillan, 2025. ISBN: 978-1-5339-7809-7 (print/digital bundle)

Various Readings assigned via Canvas