Why does an essay at Ajman University depend on which writing course you're actually in?
Ajman University’s Advanced English Writing course, ENG 104, uses a specific holistic teaching approach.
ENG 104 Approach
Students start by examining real-life writing models and samples.
Text Analysis
Then move to micro-level analysis of how topic sentences, supporting sentences, cohesive devices, and punctuation combine to produce a coherent text.
Course Grading
An essay written for this course is graded against this specific progression, not a generic sense of good writing.
ENG 113 Writing
Engineering students at Ajman University take an entirely different writing course instead, ENG 113, covering technical writing genres that share almost nothing with a general education essay. Students enrolled in technical programmes are often required to complete broader coursework and project-based assignments alongside these specialised writing modules.
Technical Genres
Technical proposals, progress reports, feasibility and recommendation reports, laboratory and project reports, and instructions and manuals. A student treating an engineering writing assignment the same way they would a general education essay misses the genre conventions this specific course is actually built around.