Date |
Topic |
Reading Due* |
Assignments Due |
Aug 18 |
Introduction |
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Aug 20 |
Writing, Your Career, & the Writing Process |
Chapters 1-2 |
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Aug 25 |
Memos, Faxes, Email, & Letters |
Chapters 4-5 |
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Aug 27 |
Letter Types, Correspondence Workshop |
Chapter 6 |
Intro email (end of class) |
Sept 1 |
Labor Day |
No Classes |
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Sept 3 |
Document Design & Ethics |
Chapter 12 |
Correspondence Suite |
Sept 8 |
Writing to Get a Job, Ethics, & Résumé Workshop |
-Chapter 7
-Lannon, John Technical Communication, Chapter 5 (ERes)
- Your choice of 1 (can read the others if you want) (emailed 9/4):
-O'Donnell "Selling to the Hidden Job Market"
-Smith "The Ideal Résumé..."
-Bailie "Using a Résumé to Showcase your Talents"
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Bring resume to work on |
Sept 10 |
The Research Process, Documenting Sources, Copyright & Plagiarism |
- Chapter 8-9
-Farkas & Farkas “Brief Introduction to Copyright” (emailed 9/4) |
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Sept 15 |
Grammar & Résumé Peer Critiques & Workshop |
“A Writers Brief Guide…” pg 723-740 in Kolin |
-Schedule time to meet with me
-Résumé & letter draft -Peer Critiques (11:59 pm) |
Sept 17 |
Collaborative Work & Multicultural Issues |
-Chapter 3
On ERes:
-Scott, Julie. “When English Isn't English”
-Ames, Andrea, “A California Yankee in Raj Jahan's Country”
-Emanuel, Alice “You Can Get There from Here”
-Hart, Geoffrey “Sensitivity to Other Cultures”
-Martin Brian “Business Lessons, Italian Style”
-Hoft, Nancy International Technical Communication, Chapter 2 “Approaches…” |
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Sept 22 |
Proposals, Long Reports,
& Proposals Workshop |
Chapter 14 & Chapter 16 |
Resume Suite Due |
Sept 24 |
Designing Clear Visuals & Workshop |
Chapter 11 |
Proposals Due (11:59 pm) |
Sept 29 |
Presentations, Summarizing Information, & Workshop |
Chapter 10 & 17 |
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Oct 1 |
Workshop (introduce Writing Analysis Project) |
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Oct 6 |
Presentations |
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Report, Presentations, & Peer Evaluations |
Oct 8 |
Workshop & Wrap-up |
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Oct 10 |
Final Exam Period |
5:30 – 7:30 pm |
Writing Analysis Project |
