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DO FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION COURSES BENEFIT BUSINESS STUDENTS?

Raab, Marianne Fisher
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1295625271

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2010, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, English.
The primary purpose of this thesis is to explore the effectiveness of first-year composition courses for business students. In order to assess whether first-year composition courses address the skills students need for success in academia and as business majors, two business faculty members at each of three universities in the South are interviewed, comparing their desired skills for college students with the skills actually taught at the same universities through interviews conducted with two First-Year English Composition Faculty at each school. This is a complex area of study for English and Business Faculty, and while many faculty interviewed agreed on the importance of some current FYC objectives, including coherent and clear writing, the study identifies other objectives that must be included and/or reprioritized in future composition syllabi for business students. This paper identifies grammar and Internet citation skills as requiring more emphasis among a plethora of perceptions about writing held by those interviewed.
Bryan Bardine, PhD (Advisor)
Betty Youngkin, PhD (Committee Member)
Andrew Slade, PhD (Committee Member)
196 p.
Business Administration; Composition
First-Year Composition; FYC; effectiveness for business students; writing skills; undergraduate composition courses; writing instruction; grammar instruction in college

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  • Raab, M. F. (2010). DO FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION COURSES BENEFIT BUSINESS STUDENTS? [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1295625271

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Raab, Marianne. DO FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION COURSES BENEFIT BUSINESS STUDENTS? 2010. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1295625271.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Raab, Marianne. "DO FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION COURSES BENEFIT BUSINESS STUDENTS?" Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1295625271

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