Week |
Course Topics |
Assigned Readings
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Assigned Readings HTW |
Assignment Due Dates |
| 1 Sept. 27–Oct. 1 |
Course introduction; introduction to business and technical communication; diagnostic writingPersonal/Professional Profile | W: Introduction (pgs. 1-4); Keenan; Adelstein; Supplemental reading handouts—Syllabus and Calendar of Assignments | W: “Five Steps to Successful Writing” (pgs. xv-xxii); audience; purpose; context; style; clarity; conciseness; ambiguity; writing a draft | Diagnostic Writing (in-class) |
| 2 Oct. 4–8 |
Creating a professional image through writing; reader-based prose; editing business and technical correspondence; email; editorial review sessionPersuasive Letter | M: Flower and Ackerman; FieldenW: Business and Technical Correspondence (pgs. 117-119); Gerson and Gerson; Lewis | M: tone (and all cross- references); “you” viewpoint; ethics in writing (and all cross-references); point of view; plagiarism; copyright; quotations; paraphrasing; revision (and all cross-references)W: correspondence; e-mail; memos; titles; scope; voice; selecting the medium | REMINDER: Oct. 6 is the deadline for dropping courses REMINDER: Oct. 13 is deadline for adding courses Personal/Professional Profile Draft: M(post to SmartSite by 8:00 a.m.)(2 print copies due @ beg. of class) Personal/Professional Profile: W |
| 3 Oct. 11–15 |
Writing letters; persuasive writing—getting results; formatting documents; problems with language; Microsoft Word editing tools; editorial review session | M: Chase; Swift; Possible supplemental reading handouts (TBA)W: Glatthorn; Fielden and Dulek | M: letters; acknowledgment, adjustment, collection, complaint, cover, refusal, reference, and sales letters; persuasion; lists; headings; layout and design; format; headers and footersW: affectation (and all cross-references); abstract; concrete words; English, varieties of; style; technical writing style; garbled sentences | Persuasive Letter Draft: W(post to SmartSite by 8:00 a.m.) (2 print copies due @ beg. of class) |
| 4 Oct. 18–22 |
Writing in the workplace; reports and other longer documents; working in teams; team workCollaborative Research Project | M: Reports and Other Longer Documents (pgs. 165-167); Mathes and StevensonW: Possible supplemental reading handouts (TBA) | M: reports; feasibility reports; investigative reports; trouble reports; formal reports; inquiries and responses; methods of development (and ALL new cross-references)W: collaborative writing; meetings; minutes of meetings | Persuasive Letter: M |
| 5 Oct. 25–29 |
Strategies of persuasion; conducting primary and secondary research; proposal writing; team workResearch Proposal | M: EwingW: Supplemental reading handouts (TBA) | M: introductions; conclusionsW: proposals; documenting sources; bibliographies; note-taking; interviewing for information; questionnaires | Problem Statement (in-class): M |
| 6 Nov. 1–5 |
Conducting primary and secondary research; using databases (possible librarian visit); instructor conferences in class on Wednesday—(meet in 1 Olson at our regularly-scheduled time); team work | M: NoneW: None | M: research (and ALL new cross-references) | Research Proposal Draft: W (4 print copies due @ in-class conference) |
| 7 Nov. 8–12 |
Managing team projects; team work (conducting research); preparing for a successful job search; investigative reports, résumé writingInvestigative Report Targeted Résumé & CL |
W: Résumés and other Written Materials for a Job Search (pgs. 247-253); Munschauer; Reep; Yate; Possible supplemental reading handouts (TBA) | W: job descriptions; job search; résumés | Research Proposal: M |
| 8 Nov. 15–19 |
Writing the cover letter; team work (conducting research); editorial review session | M: Graber; Weber and Kaplan | M: application letters; interviewing for a job; salary negotiations | Investigative Report: W(post to SmartSite by 8:00 a.m.) (2 print copies due @ beg. of class) |
| 9 Nov. 22–26 |
Editorial review session; interpreting and reporting findings; team work (interpreting and reporting findings) | M: NoneW: Vinci; Supplemental reading handouts (TBA) | M: NoneW: None | Targeted Résumé & CL Draft: M(post to SmartSite by 8:00 a.m.) (2 print copies due @ beg. of class)Investigative Report: MTargeted Résumé & CL: W |
| 10 Nov. 29–Dec. 1 |
Designing visuals; revising and editing; team work (drafting report) | M: Lindsell-Roberts; HuffW: None | M: drawings; visuals (and all new cross-references); graphsW: None | Formal Report Draft and Notes: W(4 print copies due @ beg. of class) |
| 11 Dec. 6–8 |
Meet during final exam time, Tuesday, December 07 at 10:30 am | M: NoneW: None | Formal Report: T (submit final report at final exam)Rhetorical Analysis &Team Evaluation (in-class): T | |
| * All assignments must be ready to submit at the start of class on the due date.* “Calendar of Assignments” is subject to change anytime throughout the quarter.* Thanks to Rebekka Andersen for sharing with us her approach to teaching UWP 104A. | ||||
