English 4320 Projects
A Note about Turning in Assignments
All assignments must be turned in electronically as an attachment, such as Word or pdf (not copied and pasted into the body of your email). The files should be named strictly according to what’s specified in my instructions.
The course work consists of reading and writing assignments. You must complete all projects satisfactorily in order to receive a passing grade for the course. The reading assignments are indicated in the course schedule. The writing assignments consist of the following:
Reading Summaries (10%)
You’ll read a number of articles on various topics and write up summaries for each set of readings.
Career Competency Profile (10%)
This assignment requires you to identify your career goals, your skills/competency, evidence of your competency, and areas of improvement needed.
Portfolio (30%)
As one of the requirements for graduation, you will create a portfolio in iCollege that represents your best works.
Critical Reflection for Portfolio (10%)
This will be a critical reflection that accompanies your portfolio. This reflection will not only analyze all the works you have included in your portfolio but also summarize the path you have taken in your growth as a writer and communicator.
Capstone Project (CTC Assignment) (40%)
For this final project, you’ll either revise an existing/previous major piece of writing or professional project or design a new one that best represents your rhetorical skills and competency. Your project can be, for example, a pamphlet for the Career Services office, a grant application for a non-profit organization, a proposal, a web site for a company, some online documentation for a software program, a promotional packet for a startup, a business plan, a recommendations report for solving the communications problems for a company, etc. This project contains the following components:
- A project proposal (5%)
- The project (30%)
- A CTC reflection (5%)