Course Description
Students will examine a variety of writing samples from their chosen profession and demonstrate the skills needed to successfully communicate through professionally written emails, memos, business letters, and various types of reports and analyses that accompany the technical writing process. Students will learn to evaluate and respond to the ideas that they encounter within the selections. The course will develop students' writing skills essential to produce professional documents including letters and resumes.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- • Apply the writing process as it relates to communication in the business environment.
- • Demonstrate appropriate standards of language structure and writing style for business.
- • Research and write technical documents and give oral presentation on technical subject matters such as memos, letters, reports, and electronic documents.
- • Employ coherent strategies of organization in technical documents, including using elements of visual organization.
General Education Distribution Area
Communications
Topical Outline
Topical Outline
I. Communicating in the Workplace
II. Defining Technical Writing and Communication
A. Internal and External Communication
B. Organizational Communication Theory & Concepts
III. Resume Writing and the Application Process
IV. Interview Skills
V. Addressing Technical Audiences
VI. Technical Documents
VII. Proposals and Presentations