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This course syllabus outlines the objectives, requirements and evaluation methods for a Technical Writing course. The course aims to help students improve their technical writing skills through tasks involving problem solving, document design, presentations, and audience awareness. Students will learn to write professionally for various contexts like correspondence, memos, proposals and reports. Coursework includes assigned writings, class participation and maintaining a portfolio. Students will be evaluated based on completed assignments, participation and portfolio. Instruction uses in-class exercises, lectures, peer review and computer work. By the end of the course, students should be better able to write for different audiences, choose appropriate formats and improve essential writing skills.

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Course Syllabus

This course syllabus outlines the objectives, requirements and evaluation methods for a Technical Writing course. The course aims to help students improve their technical writing skills through tasks involving problem solving, document design, presentations, and audience awareness. Students will learn to write professionally for various contexts like correspondence, memos, proposals and reports. Coursework includes assigned writings, class participation and maintaining a portfolio. Students will be evaluated based on completed assignments, participation and portfolio. Instruction uses in-class exercises, lectures, peer review and computer work. By the end of the course, students should be better able to write for different audiences, choose appropriate formats and improve essential writing skills.

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Course Syllabus

Technical Writing ENG 352.H02 Spring 2012


NJ Institute of Technology Prof. John Egan ENG 352.H02 Office: Cullimore 309 T, F 1:00-2:25 Room: PC Mall 39 Office Phone: (973) 596-6305 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: T 12:00-12:50 W 5-:00-5:45, Fri 12:00-12:50, and by appt. Required Textbook: The Essentials of Technical Communication, by Tebeaux, Elizabeth and Sam Dragga. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538422-2 Course Description: Technical Writing is an advanced writing course which combines current theory with actual practice to prepare students as technical writers. Students analyze complex communication situations and design appropriate responses through tasks that involve problem solving, rhetorical theory, document design, oral presentations, writing teams, audience awareness, and ethical considerations. Course Objectives: 1. To achieve correctness (proofreading) clarity, accuracy, comprehensiveness, conciseness, and accessibility in writing and presentations 2. To examine and choose appropriate style and form in preparing professional communication, including correspondence, memos, proposals, progress reports, and technical articles 3. To accurately assess audience, purpose and strategy Course Requirements: 1. Attendance will be taken 2. Timely completion of assigned work, including rewriting 3. Class participation/Class writing assignments 4. Keeping a folder and electronic saving of all completed written work Course Evaluation: You will receive a letter grade for this class based on your completed assignments, class participation, and your portfolio. You may rewrite an assignment once to improve the grade. Methods of Instruction: The class will use: in-class writing tasks, lectures, group revision, peer review, and computer work. Outcome: At the end of the course, you should be better at word choice for the audience, concise writing, proofreading, and better able to choose an appropriate format for a writing task, to write memos, to write various types of business documents, to write a proposal, to apply for a job, to design a brochure, and to analyze a website.

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