Welcome to English 252: Research and Presentation. While the purpose of this website is to provide you with concrete examples of what I expect for the online portfolio assignment, you are under no obligation to duplicate the formatting you see here. Be creative; your website should be a reflection of you.
Course Description
This course focuses on written and visual rhetoric, using multiple technologies to deliver and enhance a variety of texts aimed at various audiences. In addition to serving as a prerequisite to many classes in your major, it’s designed to prepare you for the writing you’ll likely do in college and professional work. The tools you’ll use to interpret and analyze various types of written communication will likely change the way you read, write, and think.
Course Objectives
Upon course completion, you should be able to:
1. Conduct basic research, including finding, evaluating, and incorporating various sources
2. Distinguish a particular audience for whom to write, and identify a clear purpose for each document
3. Use course-related technology to produce a series of format-intensive texts
4. Responsibly interpret research findings in a presentation for varied audiences
5. Showcase an impressive portfolio of finished work relevant to future coursework, internships, and career.
In conjunction with the numbered objectives above, you will:
Design, draft, revise, edit, and proofread several types of academic/pre-professional documents
Apply reliable, expected principles of written and visual rhetoric to non-literary contexts
State ideas in a logical, concise, coherent form
Choose the most effective language and efficient manner to present material
Upon course completion, you should become:
A more methodical researcher, analytical reader, critical thinker, and persuasive presenter
A better pre-professional writer and document designer
