CMST 3WR3
PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Fall 2026 · C01
Topics
- Week 1 - Why Write?
- Course overview; writing as process
- Week 2 - GenAI and “Right” Writing
- Guest lecture from Ben Lee Taylor from the Writing and Academic Skills Hub about GenAI and writing
- Challenging “professional,” “proper,” “academic” English
- Week 3 - Brainstorming and Planning
- How to understand an assignment; assignment management
- Brainstorming strategies
- Week 4 - Reading and Research
- Guest lecture from library about doing research
- Reading and notetaking strategies
- Week 5 - Reading Like a Writer
- Reading like a writer
- Identifying and emulating structure/genre/style
- Week 6 - Observations and Analysis
- How to write analytically
- Genre Highlight: Reflections and Reviews
- Week 7 - Argumentation and Persuasiveness
- Developing an argument and identifying audience
- Genre Highlight: Essays and Op Eds
- Week 8 - Paragraphs, Clarity, and Conciseness
- Paragraph structure; sentence structure
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store (short title) ↗
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall 2026
- Some readings or course materials are supplied through Avenue to Learn; public bibliographic details may be incomplete. Readings or materials are mentioned without a public bibliographic title in this field.