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Syllabus |
| Week 1 | Monday, August 22. Course introduction and syllabus discussion. The course home page URL is http://www.ucs.ull.edu/~jwf7377/index.html. Wednesday, August 24. Chapter One: An Introduction to Technical Writing Friday, August 26. In-class writing assignment. Work must be e-mailed to jwf7377@ull.edu by the end of the class using the Web Mail Log In or Zimbra. |
| Week 2 | Monday, August 29. Chapter Two: Purpose and Audience. Wednesday, August 31. Chapter Three: Planning. Friday, September 2. Chapter Four: Stylistic Desiderata. |
Week 3 |
Monday, September 5. Labor Day. Wednesday, September 7. Chapter Seven: Letter of Application and Résumé and the Résumé and Letter of Application project page. Friday, September 9. Read and print both Appendix I: The Manuscript (ms) & Camera-Ready (c-r) Formats of the manual and the English 365: Document Submission Requirements. Workshop: Writing a Letter of Application and Résumé. |
| Week 4 | Monday, September 12. Workshop: Writing a Letter of Application and Résumé. Wednesday, September 14. Chapter Five: Document Design and Layout Friday, September 16. Letter of Application and Résumé due. Chapter Six: Ethical Responsibilities. |
| Week 5 | Monday, September 19. Chapter Eight: Describing a Process and the Instructions project page. Workshop: Writing Instructions Wednesday, September 21. Workshop: Writing Instructions. Friday, September 23. Chapter Nine: Proposals and the Proposal project page. |
| Week 6 | Monday, September 26. Chapter Ten: Reports. Read the Process Analysis project page. Workshop: Writing a Process Analysis. Wednesday, September 28. Instructions due.Workshop: Writing a Process Analysis. Friday, September 30. Workshop: Writing Reports, Memos, and E-mail. |
| Week 7 | Monday, October 3. Memo with three proposal topics due. Wednesday, October 5. Read Table and Chart project page. Workshop: Graphics. Friday, October 7. Workshop: tables and charts. |
| Week 8 | Monday, October 10. Process Analysis due. Chapter 12: Online Publication and Chapter 14: Oral and Visual Presentations and the PowerPoint Presentation project page. Wednesday, October 12. Chapter 13: Collaborative Writing. Read Brochure project page. Division of the class into collaborative groups. Workshop: brochures. Friday, October 14. Table and Chart Due. Groups meet. |
| Week 9 | Monday, October 17. Chapter Eleven: Critical Interpretations and Assessments and the Critical Report project page. Wednesday, October 19. Proposal Due. Groups meet. |
| Week 10 | Monday, October 24. Oral Presentations. Wednesday, October 26. Oral Presentations. Friday, October 28. Oral Presentations. |
| Week 11 | Monday, October 31. Oral Presentations. Read Proposal Progress Report project page. Wednesday, November 2. Oral Presentations. Friday, November 4. Oral Presentations (if necessary). Workshop: progress reports. |
| Week 12 | Monday, November 7. Workshop: collaborative writing. Wednesday, November 9. Workshop: collaborative writing. Friday, November 11. Progress Report Due. Workshop: Group Projects |
| Week 13 | Monday, November 14. Workshop: Group Projects Wednesday, November 16. Workshop: Group Projects Friday, November 18. Brochure Due (one copy for each group) |
| Week 14 | Monday, November 21. Workshop: Group Projects Wednesday, November 23. Workshop: Group Projects |
| Week 15 | Monday, November 28. Critical Report Due (one copy for each group) Wednesday, November 30. TBA Friday, December 2. Last Day of Classes. Final Examination Due. |
Final Exam |
The final examination for English 365-4 is scheduled for Monday, December 5, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.. I will be in my office (HLG 230) during those hours, when you may retrieve your final examination and get your final course grade. The final examination for English 365-7 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.. I will be in my office (HLG 230) during those hours, when you may retrieve your final examination and get your final course grade. |