TWC443/543 Proposal Writing

In this course, you will learn to develop persuasive strategies and themes for researching and writing professional proposals

Outcomes

Outcomes articulate the skills, abilities, and knowledge that students learn in the MWTC Program. If you are a TWC major, you will present examples of your work from the courses you have taken in your capstone portfolio to demonstrate your learning based on these outcomes. As you are taking courses, an understanding of the outcomes will help you in two ways: 1) it will help you understand how the various courses tie together and integrate work and experiences and 2) it will help you to identify and select coursework for your portfolio that meets specific outcomes. In this course, the outcomes that are specifically addressed include:

Rhetorical Knowledge:

R1: Identify, articulate, and focus on a defined purpose

R2: Respond to the need of the appropriate audience

R3: Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation

R4: Understand how each genre helps to shape writing and how readers respond to it

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

CRW1: Understand that research and writing are a series of tasks, including accessing, retrieving, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate data and information from sources that vary in content, format, structure, and scope

CRW2: Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power including social, cultural, historical, and economic issues related to information, writing, and technology

CRW3: Integrate previously held beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge with new information and the ideas of others to accomplish a specific purpose within a context

Processes

P1: Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text

P2: Develop research and writing strategies appropriate to the context and situation

P3: Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading

P4: Understand research and writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work

Knowledge of Conventions:

KC1: Learn standard tools for accessing and retrieving information

KC2: Learn common formats for different genres

KC3: Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics

KC4: Apply appropriate means of documenting their work

To meet these outcomes, on completion of this course, you will be able to:

Course Introduction

This course is an introduction to proposal writing. There are many types of proposals; you have probably written academic proposals in your courses that are addressed to your instructor. In this course, we will focus on funding proposals that are addressed to external audiences: funding agencies. You will identify an organization that you will represent (write your proposal for), identify a funding need, identify an appropriate funding source, research and compose a complete proposal by adhering to the funding source's guidelines and requirements.

Course Requirements

This is an online course. If you have never taken an online course, you may want to take the Online Learning Readiness Quiz to see if it's right for you. Read the Course Guidelines and Policies and review all information posted in Blackboard to be sure you understand what will be expected of you.

All assignments are expected to be completed on time. Late assignments will not be accepted for any reason other than documented family or medical emergency.

See course evaluation section below for information on grading and Blackboard for information on assignments and due dates.

Graduate Students: Students registered for graduate credit (TWC543) will complete an additional assignment.

Texts and Required Readings

Coley, Soraya M. and Scheinberg, Cyntia A. (2008) Proposal Writing. Effective Grantsmanship. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Course Evaluation

Academic Integrity

As a student in this course you are expected to complete your own work, do your own writing, and to properly cite work of others. Please refer to the Student Academic Integrity Policy regarding students rights, responsibilities, and obligations.

Students with Special Needs

If you have a documented disability that may impact on your ability to carry out assigned course work, I encourage you to contact Disability Student Resources (DRS). Their phone number is (480) 965-1362 (voice) or (480) 965-9000 (TTY). They can also be accessed on the web at http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/ed/drc/

Assignment	Value
Confirmation email	5 pts
Discussion Board posts (9 @ 2 pts each)	18 pts
Proposal	90 pts

Scale	Grade
102 - 113 pts	A
90 - 101 pts	B
79 - 89 pts	C
68-78 pts	D
0 - 67	E

Assignment	Value
Confirmation email	5 pts
Discussion Board posts (9 @ 2 pts each)	18 pts
Proposal	90 pts
Graduate assignment	40 pts

Scale	Grade
138 - 153 pts	A
122 - 137 pts	B
107 - 121 pts	C
92 - 106 pts	D
0 - 91 pts	E