Title: Credit Unit 3 Introduction
Course: SkillsCom WR 121 16.0 > Section: Credit Unit 3 Module 1

Welcome to Credit Unit 3. In Credit Unit 1, you wrote a career reflection essay based on your interests. You also learned how to write reviews for a variety of websites. In Credit Unit 2, you researched a specific conversation which interests you, and wrote an informative paper regarding what experts say about it.

You might say Credit Unit 1 of the class focused on you; Credit Unit 2 focused on others.

Credit Unit 3 is where we bring Credit Unit 1 and Credit Unit 2 together. The paper you will write in Credit Unit 3 allows you to research what experts are saying about a topic and then persuade others to believe or do as you would have them. For this paper, your research will focus on finding evidence to support your claims so your audience will be persuaded by what you are saying.

Course Outcomes:

- Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments requiring them to use a broad range of critical thinking strategies, particularly analysis and evaluation.
- Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments.
- Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments.
- Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level analytical and evaluation assignments.
- Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible and persuasive