3301 Technical and Professional Writing Course Introduction
This document provides an overview and syllabus for a Technical & Professional Writing course taught online. The course is designed to help students analyze communication contexts and audiences, apply ethical responsibilities, use audience analysis and participatory design methods, and write effective multimodal documents. It is divided into two parts, with the first focusing on reading textbook chapters and completing accompanying assignments. The second part involves working on three major projects applying what was learned. Students will complete weekly quizzes, discussion activities, and projects due on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The objectives are to create documents using rhetorical methods, choose appropriate strategies for different genres and purposes, and locate and analyze information sources. The required materials include a technical writing textbook, access to the
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- 1. Technical & Professional Writing DR. FRANCES JOHNSON| 3301.W02 & W03
- 2. TTU Graduation, December 2014 This is how I felt most of the time (that’s my husband of 45 years) working on my degree in Technical Communication and Rhetoric. I am a mother of two, grand mother of two, and great-grand mother of two. I also have three rescue fur-babies, 1)-12 year- old Shar-Pei/German Shepherd, 2)-4 year old, Chihuahua/German Shepherd, 3)-2 year old dachshund. I have been at TAMUCC since 1997. First as a student (BA, MA, MS) and since 2003 as an instructor.
- 3. Course Description This online course is designed to help students learn to 1) analyze communication contexts in terms of audiences, purposes, and situations, 2) analyze and apply the ethical responsibilities involved in professional and technical writing, 3) use methods for audience analysis and participatory design, and 4) write and design multimodal documents that audiences find effective, convincing, and usable Location : Online via BlackBoard Activities Due: T/R 5 pm & 11:59 pm Major Assignments Due: March 12 April 9 May 7 Prerequisites: ENGL 1302 Credits: 3
- 4. Course Description The course is broken into two parts. Part One: From January 23 through and including February 23, we will be working from The Essentials of Technical Communication, our textbook. We will read two chapters per week Complete a quiz for each chapter Complete an assignment for each chapter Due on Tuesdays and Thursdays Part Two: From February 28-end We will be working on the three major course projects Due March 12, April 9, and May 7 We will be applying what we learned in Part One We will have discussion and activities relating to the major projects These will be due on Tuesday and Thursdays
- 5. Course Objectives Objectives Outcome Objective 1 Create documents (written / visual / multimodal) by using effective and appropriate rhetorical methods and strategies in writing. Objective 2 Create documents (written / visual / multimodal) by choosing and using appropriate strategies in a variety of genres to achieve specific purposes with specific audiences. Objective 3 Create documents (written / visual / multimodal) by locating, selecting, assessing, and analyzing information sources, both print and digital, and to integrate and document appropriately.
- 6. Required Materials Textbook BlackBoard Technology The Essentials of Technical Communication by Elizabeth Tebeaux and Sam Dragga, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 2014. Must have a working knowledge of BlackBoard. FMI: https://iol.tamucc.edu/bb_resources_students.html MS Office 365 is available free to TAMUCC students.
- 11. Navigating Course What is due on the next date..T/R
- 15. Quizzes
- 26. Questions? EITHER EMAIL ME AT: FRANCES.JOHNSON@TAMUCC.EDU OR POST YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE FAQ PAGE IN BLACKBOARD