| Course ID: | ENGL 3590W. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Technical and Professional Communication |
Course
Description: | Writing in the professional domains, with an emphasis on research methods, clear and accurate presentation of ideas and data, and computer-mediated communication. |
| Oasis Title: | TECH AND PROF COMM |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ENGL 3590 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught as writing intensive, which means
that the course will include substantial and ongoing writing
assignments that a) relate clearly to course learning; b) teach
the communication values of a discipline—for example, its
practices of argument, evidence, credibility, and format; and
c) prepare students for further writing in their academic work,
in graduate school, and in professional life. The written
assignments will result in a significant and diverse body of
written work (the equivalent of 6000 words or 25 pages) and the
instructor (and/or the teaching assistant assigned to the
course) will be closely involved in student writing, providing
opportunities for feedback and substantive revision. |
| Prerequisite: | ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102M |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Teaching and practicing, through a variety of written assignments that may take
place both in and out of class, the elements of strategic or professional writing
intended to impart technical or organizational information, with an emphasis on
audience, research methods, clear and accurate presentation of ideas and data, and
computer-mediated communication. |
| Topical Outline: | The choice of topics will vary from instructor to instructor
and semester to semester, ranging in emphasis from the purely
technical world of manuals and documentation to purely
organizational genres of technical communication. Students
should become familiar with identifying and practicing in their
own written work the conventions for job search paperwork,
internal memos, feasibility reports, procedural manuals, and
executive summaries.
In all cases, however, the course will require students to
write at least 6000 words over the course of the semester and
to focus in a sustained and engaged manner upon writing as a
process. |
| Honor Code Reference: | All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty." All
students are responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing
any academic work. |