Course Outcomes are what students are expected to be able to do by the end of a course.  Outcomes reflect state-wide standards for a course.

OUTCOMES FOR WR 227

approved, Composition Committee, 2-2-00

bullet Outcome 1 Distinguish between formal and informal writing situations; demonstrate proficiency in such workplace writing tasks as business correspondence, memoranda, and progress reports; and collaborate with peers in such tasks.
bullet Outcome 2 Create a search strategy that proposes a focused research topic relying on specialized disciplinary knowledge; that employs not only library resources, but also trade magazines, industrial data sources, the internet, and/or student-directed empirical research (surveys, interviews, or questionnaires); and that results in a product for practical application in a specific discipline or workplace.
bullet Outcome 3 Demonstrate proficiency at critically reading, analyzing and evaluating both primary and secondary sources in order to interpret and responsibly manage facts, statistics, inferences, expert opinions, lay opinions, value judgments, empirical data, and visual representations.
bullet Outcome 4 Develop a careful system of note-taking and drafting that avoids plagiarism and fairly represents sources by quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing with appropriate documentation.
bullet Outcome 5 Demonstrate proficiency in such integral research writing tasks as the summary, abstract, proposal, annotated bibliography, critical review of literature, and formal outline.
bullet Outcome 6 Integrate document design and computer formatting strategies (such as headings, white space, vertical listings, enumeration or bulleting, font changes, parallel structures, and supplemental materials) with effective forecasting statements, transitions, and summary statements to improve information accessibility.
bullet Outcome 7 Recognize citation and bibliographic systems from various professional disciplines and develop competence in one system most appropriate for a specific project .
bullet Outcome 8 Recognize and evaluate the basic graphic displays of data (tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations); and effectively design and integrate graphics into the research report with appropriate documentation, internal references, and labels.
bullet Outcome 9 Plan and manage the process of writing to incorporate the special concerns of technical writing: genre expectations; identifying and adapting to multiple audiences (general, technician, expert, executive); responding to team and supervisor inputs about revising and editing content and format; synthesizing divergent sources and contradictory data through a consistently objective persona and tone; and maintaining a schedule consistent with workplace expectations for timeliness and quality work.
bullet Outcome 10 Use writing to provide peers with alternative viewpoints and suggestions for revising and editing their writing; and to improve teamwork skills.
bullet Outcome 11 Analyze and evaluate one's own writing, identifying strengths and weaknesses in the process and product--and suggest some means of improving the practice of gathering, synthesizing, organizing, and presenting information.
bullet Outcome 12 Revise and edit all documents to meet technical writing standards and to satisfy the student's rhetorical purpose and audience needs.