COU 590 - Writing Skills for Graduate Study in Practitioner Programs (1-3)

This course is designed to help students make the transition from college-level writing to “real world” professional communication. The course exposes students to advanced research resources and strategies particular to their chosen profession enabling them to produce professional documents and develop a sophisticated understanding of style, structure, and audience. Upon successful completion of the course, students will have the knowledge and skills to accommodate information to specific audiences; to use stylistic and visual devices to make information more accessible; to hypothesize and present arguments or points of view accurately and effectively; and to edit their work as well as that of their peers. Graded as pass/fail and is not repeatable.