MW 01:40 - 02:55pm COB224
Contact Info
Instructor: Sipai Klein
Office: COB 224
Phone: 719.255.4018
Email: bluetortugas@gmail.com
Course Website: http://eng2090spring11.blogspot.com/
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday 1:30-3:00pm
Office hours will take place on the 3rd floor of the Kraemer Family Library. (I should be in one of the side rooms.)
Office hours will take place on the 3rd floor of the Kraemer Family Library. (I should be in one of the side rooms.)
Required Materials
Graves, H. & Graves R. (2007). A strategic guide to technical communication. Toronto, Canada: Broadview.
Corbett, E. P. J., & Eberly, R. A. (2000). The elements of reasoning (2nd ed). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Course Description
This course will introduce you to basic concepts and practices in technical communication. Because this field is broad, you will encounter a select group of technical writing genres. A primary feature of designing effective documents is considering their rhetorical elements, which is why you will also be introduced rhetorical theory. You will apply your knowledge as you produce an instructions manual, a proposal, a technical document of your choice, and a recommendations report. Ultimately, this course will provide you with the basic skills needed to produce usable and persuasive technical documents.
There's a catch, though. This course will also revolve around the theme of consumer advocacy and protection. That implies that the technical documents you will produce for this course will need to be specific to this theme. For example, your instructions manual cannot be about how to cook your favorite dish. Instead, your manual can and may be about how to avoid auto fraud, how to report a lost credit card, or how to change workplace policy to meet the needs of a specific disability. The aim is for you to apply your technical writing skills by selecting an issue, a situation, or an audience related to the theme of consumer advocacy and protection.
Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be expected to show the following:
*Evaluate, analyze, navigate, and synthesize appropriate research sources
*Produce appropriate and ethical text and graphics for displaying research data and findings
*Conduct user/reader/viewer analysis
*Write in multiple genres
*Participate collaboratively with others in the iterative process of research, discussion, negotiation, writing, and editing
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