Department Goals and Objectives
Goals are broad statements that describe what the program wants to accomplish
- Students will develop their critical reading, writing, and thinking skills.
- Students will develop their rhetorical/argumentative knowledge and ability.
- Students will practice college-level writing and research processes.
- Students will learn to transfer writing skills across genres and audiences.
Student Learning Outcomes
Outcomes describe specific knowledge, abilities, values, and attitudes students should demonstrate
- SLO1: Students' work critically engages with language and ideas from a variety of texts.
- SLO2: Students can define a position in a critical conversation and develop original arguments in ways appropriate to the genre.
- SLO3: Students will approach writing as a recursive process, using multiple drafts and relevant resources in developing their own work.
- SLO4: Students control mechanics, usage, grammar, and style, implementing voice, tone, and level of formality appropriate for the audience.
- SLO5: Students can select, summarize, and analyze appropriate primary and secondary sources and use them to contribute to a critical conversation.