W150 Learning Objectives

• Discover genuine issues and focus on significant purposes in their writing
• See writing as an interaction between the writer and reader and recognize how to meet the reader’s needs
• Assess different rhetorical situations and respond in a manner that maintains the integrity of one’s own point of view
• Identify and use conventions appropriate to the rhetorical situation (e.g., citation conventions in various disciplines)

At the end of WRIT 150, students should be able to

• Use writing as a tool of discovery to facilitate genuine inquiry, creativity, personal learning, independent thinking, and compelling communication
• Integrate their own ideas with those of others (establishing their own authority while appropriately employing outside sources) to both understand and enter scholarly discussions
• Interrogate assumptions that underlie personal, social, and cultural beliefs
• Understand the epistemic and ethical uses of writing and critical reasoning in the creation of meaning and knowledge

At the end of WRIT 150, students should

• Understand the function of the writing process in terms of creating and completing a successful text
• Develop multiple tools and flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading texts
• Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes, but also the individual’s responsibility in terms of authorship of the finished product
• Be able to critique their own and others’ works
• Identify the components of their own writing styles while experimenting with diverse styles

At the end of WRIT 150, students should

• Understand common formats for different kinds of texts
• Demonstrate knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics
• Be familiar with the appropriate means of documenting their work
• Understand the crucial importance of controlling surface features such as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling