COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND LIBERAL ARTS
Languages Department
I Course and Instructor Information
College : College of Education and Liberal Arts
Department Languages Department
Course Title Technical Communicatio
Course Code
Pre-requisite None
Pre-requisite to None
Credit Units 3
Number of Hours 54 hours
Instructor
Consultation Hour
II Course Description:
This interdisciplinary writing course emphasizes workplace and technical communication
appropriate to diverse professions. It offers practice and study of selected types of discourse employed in
professional writing situations, preparing students for different systems of writing in their professional lives.
It develops students’ technical writing skills on research, business correspondence, and formal and informal
reports.
It is designed to focus on the communication of technical and scientific knowledge to a variety of
audiences through print, video, and digital media; and that prepares students to function as technical writers
and editors, documentation developers, web designers, and usability specialists.
III Institutional Graduate Outcomes (IGO) and Relationship to Student Outcomes (SO) & Course
Outcomes (CO)
Institutional Graduate Outcomes Student Outcomes Course Outcomes
Effective Communicator Effective and Ethical CO1 write effective business
Communicator correspondences
Creative Thinker Critical Thinker CO2 write research proposals and
reports in one’s discipline
Agents of Change Multi-culturally Literate CO3 utilize research outputs into
Individual spoken and written discourses for a
variety of audience
IV Course Outcome-Student Outcome Matrix
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Course CILO Student Outcomes
Outcomes
A B C
CO1 write E
effective
business
correspondences
CO2 write E
research
proposals and
reports in one’s
discipline
CO3 utilize E
research outputs
into spoken and
written
discourses for a
variety of
audience
I - Introductory, E – Enabling, D – Demonstrative
Competencies Indicators
Communicative Competence Analyze and evaluate the nature and elements, the
cultural and global issues of technical
communication; the principles of technical texts
such as business correspondence and research paper
Information and Digital Literacies Evaluate, create, write, and present business
correspondence and research paper through various
spoken and written discourses
Mutlicultural Awareness Adapt and appreciate cultural and multicultural
awareness through business correspondence and
research paper
V Course Output
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Course Outcomes CILO Required Output
CO1 communicate CO1 write effective business
effectively for various correspondences
cultures/contexts
CO2 write academic CO2 write research proposals and reports
papers and employment in one’s discipline
correspondences for
various cultures/contexts
CO3 deliver various CO3 utilize research outputs into spoken
presentations through and written discourses for a variety of
web-based and other audience
modalities
VI Assessment/Evaluation
(See Attached Rubrics)
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VII Learning Plan
CO Course Intended Learning Content / Week Teaching-Learning Assessment
# Learning Outcomes Topics Number Activities
CO1 Determine the I. Nature and Lecture and
nature and Fundamentals supervised
purpose of of IL technical group activities
technical communication 1 week
communicatio Definition of IL
n Technical
Differentiate Writing Brainstorming
technical Purpose of IL
writing from technical Writing
other writing Cooperative
demands Writing
II. Characteristics Library work
Possess and of an IL
develop the Technical Group work
necessary Writer
skills of an
information Oral Recitation
literate III. Skills of an IL
technical Technical
writer Writer
Written
Pursue and assignments
practice
technical Quiz
writing
independently
Employ basic Lecture and
CO1 principles of IV. Principles of IL class discussion
technical Technical
writing Writing Paragraph
Unity analysis
Coherence
Emphasis
Analyze Characteristic Reading
authentic texts of IL Technical comprehension
to acquire Writing
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knowledge
and principles
of technical Technical Oral recitation
writing Style
Develop Technical Presentation
technical style Format and analysis of
through technical
meaningful models
writing Audience
practices Analysis Written
assignments
Follow
technical Five Kinds of
format in Audience quiz
various
authentic
writing
practices
Analyze a
particular
audience’s
needs and
purposes
CO1 V. Kinds of 1 weeks Lecture and
CO2 determine the Technical class discussion
kinds and Reports and
functions of Manuals Group Work
each technical
report Oral recitation
examine E-mail and
authentic memorandums
technical
reports to Quiz
guide practice
writing
produce a
technical
report for
particular
audience’s
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needs and
purpose
CO2 Determine the VI. Business 2 weeks In- Class Writing
specific Corresponde Workshops PRELIM
purpose and nce EXAM –
audience of Business
Functions of
business letters Corresponden
Business ce
Differentiate Letters
business letters Types of
in terms of Business
purpose, Letters
content and -
target audience
Analyze
authentic
business letters
Identify the
common parts
and formats of
business letter
Produce
business letters
for a specific
purpose and
audience
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VII. Introduction 2 weeks Research
Be familiar to Research Sample Text Topics
with the nature Analysis Research
of research Nature of outline
Research In-Class
Identify Preliminaries Writing
problems to Research Workshop
relevant to Paper Writing
science and Selecting
technology, Research
engineering Topic
and
architecture, Narrowing
education, Research
business, Topic
information
technology,
health Formulating
sciences Research Title
Formulating
Construct a Statement of
research The problem
outline
Determining
Survey Sub –
various Problems
references in
locating Constructing
information Research Related
related to the Outline Library Orientation Literature
research topic on Various with In-text
Information Sources Citation
Surveying
Related
Synthesize Literature and Hands – on Access
relevant Studies of Various Online
information Information Sources
accessed Citation
Formats
Acknowledge MLA Format Hands – on Training
references APA Format on In-text Citation
IEEE Format
Sample Text
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Analysis
In-Class Writing
Workshop
CO2 Develop a XI. Developing 3 weeks Sample Text Research
concept Concept Paper and/or Analysis Proposal
paper/resear Research Proposal Drafts
ch proposal XII. Writing the In – Class Writing Survey/FGD
Analyze Research Workshops Questionnaire
samples of Paper Actual Survey/FGD
discipline – Introduction IMRaD
specific Review of Sample Text Research
research for Related Analysis Report Drafts
guided – Literature
writing Methodology In – Class Writing Approved
Collect data Results and Workshops IMRaD
through Discussion Research
interview or Conclusion and Report
survey Recommendati Submission
Write a ons
research
report using
IMRaD
format
Use XIII. Bibliography Sample Text Bibliography/
bibliography and Analysis References
formats References
appropriate to In – Class Writing
a particular MLA Format Workshops
discipline APA Format
IEEE Format
develop and XIV. Research Hands – on training Similarity
observe Ethics Report
consciousness Data Privacy Act
in research Plagiarism Proofread
ethics Turnitin Research
Grammarly Report
CO2 XV. Research 4 weeks Oral Presentation Final Defense
Present Presentations 1 week
CO3 effectively Skills Powerpoint
and defend presentation
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critically Colloquium Answering WH
research Information
outputs Final Oral
Defense
CO Communica Final
3 te research Research Culminating
outputs in a Fora Activity –
fora Research Fora
References :
Casela, N. C. & Cuevas, GJ. (2010). Developing technical writing skills: Towards meeting academic
challenges. Philippines: Books Atbp.
Mc Whorten, K. T.(2008). The writer express. Boston Hougton Company.
Technical communication. (1998). Virginia: Society for Technical Communication. Retrived from
https://www.stc.org/
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