Details in the instructions

Send a memo to your department chair (you must determine who this is if you do not know!) with a cc to the ENG 114 instructor. The memo is to justify the need for this course in your curriculum.You need to examine the objectives of the course and the activities and skills used in class. Using at least three points, explain to the department chair, how this course either prepares you for the work place or helps you in your curriculum, and why other students should take it. OR you could direct this memo to students in your program and explain to them why they need this course and what they need to be prepared for when entering this course. As a part of this recommendation report you may decide when in the curriculum the course should be offered – early, middle, or end and explain why. The course description in included below in case you need it.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: ENG 114

This course, the second in a series of two, is designed to teach professional communication skills. Emphasis is placed on research, listening, critical reading and thinking, analysis, interpretation, and design used in oral and written presentations. Upon completion, students should be able to work individually and collaboratively to produce well-designed business and professional written and oral presentations. Students will use computers to conduct research on the Internet and use various computer components to produce presentations. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in English composition.

The memo part will be graded in these areas and will count 40 points of the final exam grade.

1. Proper format of memo with subheadings properly highlighted

2. Content of memo organized into the appropriate form with supportive details

3. Attention to the appropriate audience with effective use of language and examples as needed.

4. Remember to read, proofread and grammar check the memo before submitting it to the instructor.