3 credits
Spring 2025 Lecture Upper DivisionWriting Proposals and Grants is a professional writing workshop that teaches students to write workplace proposals and grants in for-profit and not-for-profit companies and organizations. Students will also learn how to write business plans, a specialized form of proposal.
Learning Outcomes1Analyze rhetorical situations to determine needs of readers and contexts.
2Generate new ideas for businesses, products, and services.
3Organize proposals and grants using various proposal genres.
4Write in a plain and persuasive style that is appropriate to readers.
5Design documents in ways that make information accessible.
6Edit and revise proposals and grants.
7Work with authors, customers, and funding agencies to sharpen the message of a proposal or grant.