CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Laura Wait/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 12/21/2015 11:36 AM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 05/25/2016
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Course Number: (prefix) CUL (number) 233053 ESC 2.0 Course number: COMW-3005 COMW-3005Proposal Writing and Logical Argument

Name: Proposal Writing (3cr)
Datatel Title: (30char) Proposal Writing (3cr)

Area Coordinator: Susan Oaks Department Code: 10CM Team: Humanities

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 3 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year:

GenEd Area 1: 10. Basic CommunicationFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1
First Term Offered: 2016SP (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes: Changed prefix from EDU to CUL effective FA1 '16. Catlaog updated 5/25/16. LWait
Updated title to include (3cr) and changed from 8 week course to 15 weeks. Effective for May '16 term. Catalog updated 3/11/16. LWait
Changed 2 cr, 8 week course to 3 cr 15 week course. Both 2 & 3 credits were available for students in the January term.
AC Changes:
BK Number:

Description: In this three credit, fifteen-week course, students will develop analytical, research, and writing skills at the upper level. Proposal Writing offers a way of honing these skills in a concrete, real-world context. Students will read and analyze sample proposals and build on basic communication theory to learn what constitutes appropriate proposal content and format. Students will be expected to write a short academic proposal and two longer, formal, work- or community-related proposals for situations of their choice. Students will also investigate proposals as a form of logical argument, learning about basic elements of argument, different argument strategies, and common errors in logical argument. Students will learn how to find, use, and evaluate the quality of evidence to logically support their proposal ideas. They will also learn about visual rhetoric and do a short oral/visual proposal presentation with heightened attention to visual representation to support evidence. Students will share and discuss their writing throughout the course as part of learning how to analyze a proposal’s effectiveness. Students taking this course should have advanced-level skills.

This course was previously offered as a two credit, 8 week course. Those who completed Proposal Writing 233052 should not take 233053.

Note: Students taking the three credit version cannot take the two credit version.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Basic Communication.

Note: this course is open to all students. Center for Distance Learning students taking this course for educational planning credit should obtain mentor/advisor permission. This course can be used towards CDL Educational Planning

Generic:



Major Course Area
Communications Humanities and Cultural Studies, Educational Studies		Minor Course Area
Educational Planning, Writing: Expository and Creative		SLN Disciplines
Communications
Additional Course Requirements
 Undergrad Certificate Association:


3


Meets General Education Requirement

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Optional Booknote:


Archive Course:

genedcode for dpplanner: 10^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Basic Communication