Course Description

Course Number: COM 102

Course Name: Professional Writing

Number of Credit Hours: 2 Credits

Prerequisite(s): N/A

Corequisite(s): N/A

Course Description: 

Writing is a complementary, but essential skill to for students to be successful in college as well as in the working environment later on. Students need to be able to express their ideas clearly and concisely in different formats of writing. In this course, students will learn about major types of college essays including cause-and-effect essay, argumentation essay, classification essay and compare-and-contrast essay. They also will have the opportunity to learn about various office and business writing styles for memos, emails, letters, formal petitions, etc.