Sample Assignment Prompts

View my sample assignment prompts in Technical & Professional Writing and Composition.

Public Campaign Team Project

Students in ENGL 420: Business Writing partner with local community partners to create a number of multimedia campaign deliverables to enhance their partner's funding and digital reach.

Students in ENGL 420: Business Writing research a relevant issue or need in their intended industry and develop a detailed data driven report with original data visualizations.

Students in ENGL 422: Writing for the Health & Human Sciences conduct a medical interview with a mock patient to compose accurate case notes and a referral letter.

Students in ENGL 422: Writing for the Health & Human Sciences choose a specific disease and patient population to develop an accessible and culturally sensitive patient educational material.

Informational Backgrounder

Patient Case Notes & Referral

Patient Educational Material

Medical Funding Grant Proposal

Scholarly Article Analysis

Students in ENGL 422: Writing for the Health & Human Sciences research a relevant research need and develop an IMRaD grant proposal in groups.

Students in ENGL 106: Composition choose a scholarly article within their intended field and compose an argument on the author's credibility.

Mapping the Problem Essay

The Research Poster & Pitch

Students in ENGL 106: Composition/Summer Start investigate and map a relevant topic in their intended discipline.

Students in ENGL 106: Composition/Summer Start remix their research into a digital research poster and present at a public poster symposium.

Exploring a Research Question

Students in ENGL 1100: Composition/Fundamentals of Academic Writing explore a research question and submit an expository essay.