Consulting Simulation

Note: The Consulting Simulation is an eight-week long collaborative project in an undergraduate professional writing course. The Consulting Simulation asks you to collaborate with two or four other students over an eight-week period to investigate a problem, identify and evaluate potential solutions, and write a Recommendation Report. Key Words: Collaboration; Teamwork Student Learning Outcomes The ...

Rhetorical Analysis Memo (Document Makeover)

The Rhetorical Analysis Memo is the second exercise in Professional Writing, an undergraduate writing course. This exercise asks students to engage in a rhetorical analysis of a college-level syllabus. Rhetorical Analysis is the practice of analyzing a rhetorical situation to understand human decision making to guide efforts to communicate and compose to interpret the texts of ...