Long before taking this course, I put the details of academic email writing (slide 8) into practice; now, I follow the academic email advice from this Module as though it’s second nature. I started writing academic emails when I was a freshman at Ohio State; for Math 1151 (Calculus I), I frequently emailed my professor and my teaching assistant (TA) to ask questions about course content whenever office hours or visits to the MSLC were not feasible. The syllabus and Carmen page would be consulted before any emails were sent out. From there, I would review the subject line and greeting in the email and ensure that it had both context, a closing, and my full name before it was submitted (slide 8). In addition, I would proofread my writing, compose full and complete sentences, and mention that I couldn’t find what I was looking for on Carmen or on the syllabus (slide 8). All in all, this worked out very well and proved useful when I could not go to office hours or the MSLC.
Since that course, I have sent countless academic emails employing the same techniques that were mentioned in the Module. Academic emails are very important and I would advise students to take them seriously and to also follow Dr. Fus’s advice on emails (slide 10) for ensuring that they make good first impressions with anyone and everyone that they meet.