English 3304-13 (15663) - online Course Description only

AWD: Advanced Writing in the Business Administration Professions

English 3304-13 (15663)  | Online

Laurie Nardone

English Dept. Main Office: 617-373-4540

Office: 439 Holmes        

Office Hours: T, F 11:45-1:15 and via Skype by appointment

l.nardone@neu.edu Please ALWAYS email from your neu account!

Course Description

Welcome to English 3304-14 ONLINE, Advanced Writing in the Business Administration Professions.  English 3304 is one of several courses known as Advanced Writing in the Disciplines or AWD, a universal graduation requirement at Northeastern. To fulfill your AWD requirement with this course, you must have completed 64 course (including the current semester) units. Ideally, you are a Junior or Senior and have completed at least one co-op. Please read the following document carefully; it outlines the expectations for the class.

Here is the official catalog description of this course: Provides writing instruction for students in the College of Business Administration. Students practice and reflect on writing in professional, public, and academic genres, such as proposals, recommendation reports, letters, presentations, and emails, relevant for careers in business. In a workshop setting, students evaluate a wide variety of sources and develop expertise in audience analysis, critical research, peer review, and revision.

Books and Other Materials

• 2 eChapters (Chapters 9 and 13) from John Trimbur’s The Call to Write.  We’ll begin using these by 10/28. To purchase them, go to the publisher’s website, click on the Buy or Rent tab, click eChapter and choose Chapters 9 and 13 to Add to Cart.

• The AWD Toolkit, found in .pdf version on our BB menu. In addition, you are responsible for reading other essays throughout the semester. You will find links to these in the Readings folder on BB.
• You’ll also need a source for using APA documentation (The Purdue Writing Lab is a good resource), as well as a source of information about grammar/punctuation (my favorite is the Purdue Online Writing Lab); these can be in hard copy or on the web.
• Continual access to email and the Internet at home or school (not at your job). We will use 2 platforms: Blackboard and Digication.

Course Breakdown

Unit 1: Personal Intro, Intro to Discipline, and Discourse Community Analysis | 15%

Final Due 10/1

Unit 2: Academic Writing (including research) | 25%

Final Due 11/3

Unit 3: Public Writing: The Commentary | 20%

Final Due 11/19

Unit 4:  Professional Writing: The Portfolio Introduction | 20 %

Final Due 12/8

Participation | 20%

Including discussion posts, peer review memos, professional progress emails, and end-of-term evaluations.

Due Dates throughout the semester. Please see lectures AND Calendar.