I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Writing Fundamentals for Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technicians
2. Course Prefix & Number:
ENGL 1522
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course offers students the opportunity to study the writing process and practice in preparation for reading, understanding, communicating, and generating the most common writing documents. The course will utilize the writing process focusing on audience, purpose, and method in order to generate documents such as letters, proposals, email, memoranda, reviews, service logs, formal and informal reports, audits, and other intra- and inter-office communications. The course will also explore communicating with partners in alternative formats such as video conferencing, webinars, blogs, and ITV.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
ENGL 1522 - Writing Fundamentals for Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technicians
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
Admission into a Technical Program at Central Lakes College
9. Co-requisite Courses:
ENGL 1522 - Writing Fundamentals for Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technicians
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Other - If this course is not required in a program or is not part of the MN Transfer Curriculum, it may be used for the purpose(s) listed below:
- Liberal Arts Elective
- Non-Transferrable General Education Course
- Technical Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Provide information via oral presentations and host discussions on workplace-related items. |
| Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Communicate effectively using a variety of methods with a diverse audience, including audiences at-a-distance. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Establish and hone skills required to function on teams tasked with specific projects. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Utilize comprehensive writing process to identify an audience, purpose, and method for writing tasks
- Write clear, precise, professional, and well organized documents such as letters, proposals, e-mail, reviews, memoranda that are clear, precise, and free of errors
- Demonstrate practical word processing knowledge such as creating and formatting documents, and saving and sending files
- Leverage technology to enhance overall effectiveness of communications in an increasingly global workplace
- Collaborate in small teams to process writing specific to a task in a related workplace environment
- Identify and manifest leadership qualities as applicable to communicating in a professional environment
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Introduction to Writing
- Definition, concept, design
- Distinctions from other forms of writing
- Best practices
- Exemplars from real-world
- Writing Process
- Audience
- Purpose
- General parameters
- Writing action plan
- Editing, proofing, and publishing
- Assessment of final product
- Writing Forms
- Letters
- Proposals
- Email
- Memoranda
- Reviews
- Service logs/writing
- Policy writing
- Incident reports
- Injury claims
- Flow charts
- Formal and informal reports
- Audits
- Inter- and intra-office communications
- Journals
- Blogs
- Communication Tools
- Microsoft Word publishing features
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Prezi
- Creating a professional “booth” or Share Fair presentation
- Videoconferencing, webinars
- Editing Processes
- Editing
- Strategies for generating error-free text
- Strategies for proof-reading
- Common editing and proofing notations
- Leveraging technology in the editing and proofing process
- Peer Review
- Working in teams
- Collaborative writing strategies
- Publication
- Mass mailings, correspondence
- Newsletters and flyers
- Basic marketing and advertising
- Practicum
- Collaborative writing and peer review
- Gathering professional materials on specific topic
- Final project and presentation
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Writing Fundamentals for Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technicians
2. Course Prefix & Number:
ENGL 1522
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course offers students the opportunity to study the writing process and practice in preparation for reading, understanding, communicating, and generating the most common writing documents. The course will utilize the writing process focusing on audience, purpose, and method in order to generate documents such as letters, proposals, email, memoranda, reviews, service logs, formal and informal reports, audits, and other intra- and inter-office communications. The course will also explore communicating with partners in alternative formats such as video conferencing, webinars, blogs, and ITV.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
ENGL 1522 - Writing Fundamentals for Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technicians
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
Admission into a Technical Program at Central Lakes College
9. Co-requisite Courses:
ENGL 1522 - Writing Fundamentals for Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technicians
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
3. Other - If this course does NOT meet criteria for #1 or #2 above, it may be used for the purpose(s) selected below:
- Liberal Arts Elective
- Non-Transferrable General Education Course
- Technical Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Provide information via oral presentations and host discussions on workplace-related items. |
| Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Communicate effectively using a variety of methods with a diverse audience, including audiences at-a-distance. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Establish and hone skills required to function on teams tasked with specific projects. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Utilize comprehensive writing process to identify an audience, purpose, and method for writing tasks
- Write clear, precise, professional, and well organized documents such as letters, proposals, e-mail, reviews, memoranda that are clear, precise, and free of errors
- Demonstrate practical word processing knowledge such as creating and formatting documents, and saving and sending files
- Leverage technology to enhance overall effectiveness of communications in an increasingly global workplace
- Collaborate in small teams to process writing specific to a task in a related workplace environment
- Identify and manifest leadership qualities as applicable to communicating in a professional environment
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Introduction to Writing
- Definition, concept, design
- Distinctions from other forms of writing
- Best practices
- Exemplars from real-world
- Writing Process
- Audience
- Purpose
- General parameters
- Writing action plan
- Editing, proofing, and publishing
- Assessment of final product
- Writing Forms
- Letters
- Proposals
- Email
- Memoranda
- Reviews
- Service logs/writing
- Policy writing
- Incident reports
- Injury claims
- Flow charts
- Formal and informal reports
- Audits
- Inter- and intra-office communications
- Journals
- Blogs
- Communication Tools
- Microsoft Word publishing features
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Prezi
- Creating a professional “booth” or Share Fair presentation
- Videoconferencing, webinars
- Editing Processes
- Editing
- Strategies for generating error-free text
- Strategies for proof-reading
- Common editing and proofing notations
- Leveraging technology in the editing and proofing process
- Peer Review
- Working in teams
- Collaborative writing strategies
- Publication
- Mass mailings, correspondence
- Newsletters and flyers
- Basic marketing and advertising
- Practicum
- Collaborative writing and peer review
- Gathering professional materials on specific topic
- Final project and presentation
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions