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INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING

Course Syllabus

WRIT 121

Instructor: Cathy Corr 243-7903 cathy.corr@umontana.edu

Require !aterials:

Professional and Technical Writing StrategiesVanAltyne

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Everyday Writer

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Cutom ed"t"on #or $% ("th )ort#ol"o *ee+"n,

Course Ob"ecti#es:

1. Introduct"on to contructed tet that accurately commun"cate techn"cal "n#ormat"on u"n, a++ro+r"ate

techn"cal (r"t"n, contruct document de",n and ,ra+h"c +lacement ("th"n techn"cal #ormat.

2. An a(arene o# /oth academ"c and techn"cal (r"t"n, ,enre and ho( the (r"t"n, "tuat"on ha+e the

document.

3. Introduct"on to a (r"t"n, +roce that "nclude re""on and ed"t"n,.4. Introduct"on to The Everyday Writer"n order to ,a"n control o# +unctuat"on ,rammar ynta and

+ell"n,.

Wor$loa an E%&ectations O#er#ie':

Th" coure #ocue on the "nd o# (r"t"n, that #"ll manualdecr"+t"on "ntruct"on and

analy". We ("ll read and d"cu techn"cal document a (ell a mater"al a/out techn"cal (r"t"n,.

There " a +ec"al #ocu on aud"ence a e"denced "n th" uote #rom the oc"ety #or Techn"cal

Commun"cator5 Code o# 6th"c Techn"cal (r"ter 8at"#y the aud"ence5 need #or "n#ormat"on not the

(r"ter5 o(n need #or el#-e+re"on. Th" "nd o# (r"t"n, " all a/out the reader.

All (r"t"n, clae addre 'ritin( con#entionsat ome +o"nt. I addre +unctuat"on +ro/lem

throu,h claue and /a"c entence tructure that lead to a (or"n, no(led,e o# the Everyday Writer a

tool you tae ("th you to ue "n other clae. It " a++ro+r"ate to l"ne ed"t techn"cal document o th"can /e a ,ood o++ortun"ty to hone your ed"t"n, "ll.

All +a+er ("ll "nclude re""on day (here (e can (or the 'ritin( &rocessa (e (r"te thee

+a+er to /etter undertand ho( (e com+oe and to learn once a,a"n that there " noth"n, neat and t"dy

a/out (r"t"n, and re""n,. In techn"cal (r"t"n, ("th the aud"ence o "m+ortant (e need #eed/ac and

mut ad:ut our document cont"nually.

A#ter com+let"n, the techn"cal +a+er tudent ("ll /e e+ected to a++ly the"r no(led,e o#tron, techn"cal tet ,ra+h"c +lacement and de",n #eature ("th"n a &ro&osal.

There arereain(s+laced "n ;lac/oard throu,hout the emeter that ("ll reu"re your cr"t"cal

read"n, "ll. and are +art o# the da"ly a",nment. There are alo read"n, coer"n, the to+"c o#

cy/er+ace that reu"re an acae)ic essay.The in*class &ro"ectsare de",ned to hel+ /u"ld a (r"t"n, commun"ty. We neer (r"te alone and

techn"cal (r"t"n, e+ec"ally need "n+ut #rom other. We o#ten ue mall ,rou+ to hel+ each other th"nthrou,h (r"t"n, +ro/lem and acu"re "dea #rom each other.

There " a non*+iction assi(n)entthat ,"e you an o++ortun"ty to e+lore a u/:ect and +reent

"n a techn"cal tyle. Current read"n, concern"n, uta"na/"l"ty ("ll /e aa"la/le. 'atly there ("ll /e an

o++ortun"ty to synt,esi-e your 'ritin( $no'le(e /oth the already acu"red and the ne( and to

art"culate a ne( undertand"n, o# (r"t"n, that " /roader and more "nclu"e. It " your o++ortun"ty to

/u"ld /r"d,e /et(een all o# your (r"t"n, clae.

The lat (ee o# cla you ("ll /e reu"red to u/m"t a &ort+olio #or your #"nal ,rade.

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