English 524-01
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2001 Welcome to English 524. The skills this course will work to develop will be
valuable and useful in any field of study or professional job. Technical
writing skills can apply to a piece of writing as small as a memo or e-mail
and as large as the textbook for this course. This course will take you
through a series of written exercises involving different forms of technical
writing. Most graduate courses conclude with a 25 to 35 page
seminar paper. You can expect to write as many pages in this course, though
they will come in the form of shorter pieces. Projects and papers will
include document design, creating proposals, developing reports, writing
instructions, and ghost writing. Student Learning Goals At the completion of this course, the student will be
able to: ·
write a job
description, cover letter, and design a resume, ·
write to different
audiences and adapt writing accordingly, ·
create and evaluate
information for reports and Web sites, ·
apply effective
design to documents, ·
write instructions, ·
ghost write for another
student, ·
and develop request for proposal (RFP) and respond to a
grant. Since I commute from The listserv can be accessed through a Web browser at eng524. Required
Work will be evaluated for correctness, clarity,
thoroughness, and quality of product. Because the course deals with technical
writing, students will be held to the highest standards of correctness. All
final work should be polished and without error. Proofreading by other
students is highly recommended. The ghost writing assignment will be
evaluated by the instructor and the "author" of the piece. The
grant proposal will have only one A and is
competitive. All other grant proposals, if excellent, will recieve a grade of B+. At the end of the course you will have produced a
portfolio that will include a sample of instructions, ghost writing, a
proposal (RFP--Request for Proposal/grantwriting),
a design document, and a report. For
more information on RFPs Smaller assignments will be announced during class and
asked to be posted to the class listserv.
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