CO300 as a University Core Course
(Possible) Differences between COCC150 and CO300
Portfolio Grading as an Option
Audience awareness and rhetorical contexts
Mid-course, group, and supplemental evaluations
More detailed explanation of Rogerian argument and Toulmin analysis
Portfolio explanations, checklists, and postscripts
Presenting evidence and organizing arguments/counter-arguments
Workshopping and workshop sheets
Sample materials grouped by instructor
When the University adopted its most recent core curriculum in the mid-1990s, COCC300 was approved as meeting two core categories: 2A - Advanced Communication and 2B - Logic/Critical Thinking. Students cannot use COCC300 to fulfill requirements in both categories, so about half of the students in the course now take the course to fulfill category 2B - Logic/Critical Thinking.
As a department, we have an obligation to be sure that each section of COCC300 conforms to the description approved by the University Curriculum Committee. Links below capture key elements of the University core description of and expectations for COCC300.
