English 301 is an online course that will help students learn to write in business, professional, and technical contexts. This course divided into four-units each with a set of assignments that will allow students to practice designing and writing professional reports, resumes and other forms of online communications. The three major writing assignments accompanied by a number of smaller assignments will allow students to utilize the resources available through UBC’s Career Services, as well as provide students with the opportunity to develop networking strategies and create a Web Folio. The course requires participation through independent work, as well as open communication with the instructor and other students.

The purpose of this course to encourage students to develop their professional writing and self-editing skills through collaboration, discussion, peer review, and the production of documents produced for business context. English 301 is a course that can benefit students from all disciplines by allowing them to develop writing skills that are essential in the modern job market.

I am looking forward to becoming more comfortable with professional and technical writing. I am excited to get more practice in resume development, as well as leaning to set up a functional blog and Web Folio. It has been quite a while since I have worked with WordPress and I am happy for the opportunity to re-familiarize myself with it. I hope that by the endof this course I will feel confident in my ability to establish a well written, useful and cohesive online presence.