This course is an intensive 4-credit hour course that meets 2.5 hours per week, with critical reading, discussion, writing, and analysis of texts, images, and films as its components. It is an academic reading-writing course, designed for the undergraduate non-native speakers of English (NNS) writers; however, interested graduate students are also welcome to enroll. The students who enroll must have achieved, at least, an advanced level of English language proficiency.

Builds confidence for writing and speaking in academic and professional contexts for undergraduate and graduate students. Helps students learn to use language accurately and appropriately in written texts and for oral presentations. Includes in-class activities such as grammatical consciousness-raising, text analysis, production practice, proofreading and editing for typical second language errors, and targeted speaking exercises. Helps students chart individual progress by keeping a personal inventory of patterns of errors.

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A one-credit class that guides students through the proposal writing process required for entry into the BDIC major. Students will investigate career and graduate school options, finalize their course selections for the BDIC major and choose a faculty sponsor within the scope of the class. Admission to the class by application only.

This course is designed to help students contemplate the skills and knowledge they have acquired through general education courses and through the process of designing and completing an individualized degree program in the context of a world that is changing dramatically.

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A one-credit class that guides students through the proposal writing process required for entry into the BDIC major. Students will investigate career and graduate school options, finalize their course selections for the BDIC major and choose a faculty sponsor within the scope of the class. Admission to the class by application only.

This writing-intensive course helps to prepare students for future writing in the world, focusing on writing related to their BDIC concentrations. Students will work on skills that cross disciplines and jobs, including how to find, use and evaluate resources, techniques and feedback that can help with writing, how to plan larger writing projects and how to use revision strategies effectively. Coursework includes several projects designed around the students' concentrations, an annotated bibliography, and a cover letter and resume. Prerequisite: BDIC 396P