Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
ENG 3870C - Composing for the Community
In this service learning course, students develop as composers of print and/or multimodal projects to support community organizations. Students learn about the history, services, and needs of community organizations and create materials (e.g. brochures, posters, handbooks, websites, social media posts) based on the organization’s needs.
Requisites: ENG 1510 and (Soph or Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 field experience/internship
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to create effective compositions in at least two modes (e.g. text-based print, graphics-based print, audio, web, video) in order to enhance meaning.
- Students will be able to identify and describe important cultural features of Appalachia (or other relevant cultures and geographical regions) along with their implications for an organization’s audience.
- Students will be able to identify and describe relevant social contexts of the organization’s audience(s) and adapt their composing accordingly.
- Students will be able to demonstrate a developing sense of self as a learner and build on prior experience to respond to new and challenging contexts.
- Students will be able to adapt and apply their existing academic composing skills, abilities, and theories to community organization contexts.
- Students will be able to articulate connections between their existing knowledge of composing and the experience of composing for community organizations.
- Students will be able to connect their knowledge of effective composing with their research into the cultures and experiences of the organization’s members/clients.
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