ENGL2311
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Technical & Business Writing Semester Course)
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Course Description
(3-3-0) Core Area 090 This course is taken for academic credit. Students will earn an A, B, C, D, F, or W. Intensive study of and practice in professional settings. Focus on the types of documents necessary to make decisions and take action on the job, such as proposals, reports, instructions, policies and procedures, e-mail messages, letters, and descriptions of products and services. Practice individual and collaborative processes involved in the creation of ethical and efficient documents.
Academic Level
Undergraduate Credit
CIP Code
23.1303 - Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
Course Type (Attributes)
General Academic (ACGM) (ACGM)
Locations
Athens (01), Palestine Satellite (02), Terrell Satellite (03), Online (06), Dual Credit - High School (09)
This is a Coursedog only field and is not integrated with the SIS.
Objective
Recognize, analyze, and accommodate diverse audiences.
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Produce documents appropriate to audience, purpose, and genre.
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Analyze the ethical responsibilities involved in technical communication.
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Locate, evaluate, and incorporate pertinent information.
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Develop verbal, visual, and multimedia materials as necessary, in individual and/or collaborative projects, as appropriate.
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Edit for appropriate style, including attention to word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling.
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Design and test documents for easy reading and navigation.
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To adapt the particular rhetorical demands of the audience to appropriate style, purpose, and structure.
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To apply the appropriate modes of expression, including informative, persuasive, descriptive, narrative, and scientific.
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To understand professional writing as a recursive, connected, and interactive process which includes prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading.
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To read, analyze, and synthesize various professional materials.
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To construct and integrate graphic/visual aids coherently into professional documents.
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To understand the importance of cooperative and collaborative discussion leading to a group generated document.