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Technical & Professional
Writing
DR. FRANCES JOHNSON| 3301.W03
FALL, 2017
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.
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/F 11:59 pm
 Major Assignments Due:
 Tuesday, October 31 @ 11:59 pm
 Document Chart
 Tuesday, December 5 @ 11:59 pm
 Document Analysis
 Tuesday, December @ 12 pm
 Resubmissions of Document Analysis-
if necessary
 Prerequisites: ENGL 1302
 Credits: 3
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.
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.
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Questions?
EITHER EMAIL ME AT:
FRANCES.JOHNSON@TAMUCC.EDU
OR
POST YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE FAQ PAGE IN BLACKBOARD
OR
VISIT DURING WEBEX CHAT OFFICE HOURS

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