English 15

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Welcome to Writing 316! This is a supplementary webpage, designed to complement our class. It will provide you with a quick overview of the course and syllabus as well as with useful links and a discussion board where you can "chat" with other students outside class.

Writ. 316--Writing for the Technical Professions

Writ. 316--Technical Writing

General information

Syllabus

Discussion Board

Editing and Sample Projects Links

Web Help Corner

Job Links

Research Links

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General Information

Welcome to Writing 316! This is a supplementary webpage, designed to complement our class. It will provide you with a quick overview of the course and syllabus as well as with useful links and a discussion board where you can "chat" with other students outside class.

Required Text

Lannon, John M. Technical Communication. Longman. 2003. 9^th Edition. ISBN: 0321089790



Click on photo to go to excellent companion website!

If you prefer to order books on-line, here are two links:

www.amazon.com

www.bookfinder4u.com

Other Required Items

• 2-3 high double-density disks or a CD blank (bring to class for each session)

• Access to a computer and the Web/email outside the classroom

• Microsoft Office XP (Win) or Microsoft Office X (Mac)

Course Description and Objectives

The goal of this course is to help you communicate effectively within the technical professions, both in writing and in oral settings. As an advanced course in writing and intermediate course in Technical Communication, it will familiarize you with the discourse practices common in your future institutional communities within mono- as well as in multi-cultural settings and aide you in applying them to your own work.

Course Requirements

Four Major Writing/Web-Based Projects, each consisting of several individual assignments. Each project requires several drafts to be work-shopped in class.
In-class mock job interview
In-class Power Point presentation, based on Project 4
In-class workshops, writings, and participation in class

The Four Projects:

1) Project # 1: Job Applications

Résumé (draft, group comments, and final)
Sample application letter (draft, group comments, and final)
Audience analysis memo
Minutes from in-class interview

2) Project # 2: Collaborative Development of Web Site

Group home page
Audience analysis memo

3) Project # 3: Instructions/Process Description on Personal Page Linked to Group Page

Web site linked to group home page
Audience analysis memo

4) Project # 4: Research Project

Proposal for research project
Draft of project and group comments
Final, polished version of research project
Audience analysis memo
Power Point Presentation slides and notes

Class Discussion

In class we will discuss various situations and problems within the world of technical professions and interweave discussions of texts and their techniques of writing with our own writing projects. We will also analyze each other’s writings as well as workshop our projects. Since the success of our class depends on your active participation, I expect you to take part in class discussion.

Attendance

Attendance is required, since work-shopping and discussion form an integral part of the course. More than 4 absences will result in a lowered grade, up to and including “F.” Three late arrivals to class will be considered one absence, as will three early “departures” or leaving and returning to class while it is in session. If you have to miss any class, you are responsible for all materials covered and all assignments due that day. In-class work cannot be made up.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of passing off somebody else’s work as your own, whether it is literally “stealing” somebody else’s work word-for-word or using somebody else’s ideas without acknowledging so, even if you put them in your own words, or relying too heavily on an outside editing source. Plagiarism demonstrates contempt for ethical standards, your instructor, and your peers. Thus, if you hand in plagiarized work, you will receive zero credit for the assignment and risk failing the course.

Grading

• Project # 1:                              20 %

• Interview (either as interviewer

or an interviewee):                   10 %

• Project # 2:                              10 %

• Project # 3:                              10 %

• Project # 4:                              25 %

• Power Point Presentation:            10 %

• Peer Edits & Class Participation: 15 %

Have Fun in our Class!!!!

Lannon, John M. Technical Communication. Longman. 2003. 9^th Edition. ISBN: 0321089790

Click on photo to go to excellent companion website!

If you prefer to order books on-line, here are two links:

www.amazon.com

www.bookfinder4u.com

Other Required Items

• 2-3 high double-density disks or a CD blank (bring to class for each session)

• Access to a computer and the Web/email outside the classroom

• Microsoft Office XP (Win) or Microsoft Office X (Mac)

Course Description and Objectives

The goal of this course is to help you communicate effectively within the technical professions, both in writing and in oral settings. As an advanced course in writing and intermediate course in Technical Communication, it will familiarize you with the discourse practices common in your future institutional communities within mono- as well as in multi-cultural settings and aide you in applying them to your own work.

Course Requirements

Four Major Writing/Web-Based Projects, each consisting of several individual assignments. Each project requires several drafts to be work-shopped in class.
In-class mock job interview
In-class Power Point presentation, based on Project 4
In-class workshops, writings, and participation in class

The Four Projects:

1) Project # 1: Job Applications

Résumé (draft, group comments, and final)
Sample application letter (draft, group comments, and final)
Audience analysis memo
Minutes from in-class interview

2) Project # 2: Collaborative Development of Web Site

Group home page
Audience analysis memo

3) Project # 3: Instructions/Process Description on Personal Page Linked to Group Page

Web site linked to group home page
Audience analysis memo

4) Project # 4: Research Project

Proposal for research project
Draft of project and group comments
Final, polished version of research project
Audience analysis memo
Power Point Presentation slides and notes

Class Discussion

In class we will discuss various situations and problems within the world of technical professions and interweave discussions of texts and their techniques of writing with our own writing projects. We will also analyze each other’s writings as well as workshop our projects. Since the success of our class depends on your active participation, I expect you to take part in class discussion.

Attendance

Attendance is required, since work-shopping and discussion form an integral part of the course. More than 4 absences will result in a lowered grade, up to and including “F.” Three late arrivals to class will be considered one absence, as will three early “departures” or leaving and returning to class while it is in session. If you have to miss any class, you are responsible for all materials covered and all assignments due that day. In-class work cannot be made up.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of passing off somebody else’s work as your own, whether it is literally “stealing” somebody else’s work word-for-word or using somebody else’s ideas without acknowledging so, even if you put them in your own words, or relying too heavily on an outside editing source. Plagiarism demonstrates contempt for ethical standards, your instructor, and your peers. Thus, if you hand in plagiarized work, you will receive zero credit for the assignment and risk failing the course.

Grading

• Project # 1: 20 %

• Interview (either as interviewer

or an interviewee): 10 %

• Project # 2: 10 %

• Project # 3: 10 %

• Project # 4: 25 %

• Power Point Presentation: 10 %

• Peer Edits & Class Participation: 15 %

Have Fun in our Class!!!!