This course is designed to help students to master professional technical writing by means of a systematic writing process: outlining, drafting, revising, and writing. The course primarily addresses keys topics of importance to students’ academic and professional life, namely, writing effective memos, letters, reports, proposals, résumés, and descriptions. During the course, students engage in weekly hands-on assignments that capitalize on these multiple genres and their respective formats.
Bachelor of Computer Science - 132 CRs
Riordan, D.G. & Pauley S.E. Technical Report Writing Today, Tenth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2014.
content serial | Description |
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1 | Course Aim, Course outlines, Course Orientation + free writing workshop |
2 | Different types of sentences + pre-writing stages |
3 | Paragraph Structure + guided practice |
4 | Unity and Coherence + guided practice |
5 | Quiz 1 (graded workshop) + Academic Essay introduction |
6 | Academic Essay introduction (cont.) + guided practice |
7 | 7th week Assessment |
8 | Academic Essay body and conclusion |
9 | Essay writing practice + Process Essay |
10 | Cause/effect Essay + guided practice |
11 | Compare/Contrast Essay + guided practice |
12 | 12th week assessment + introducing final writing assignment |
13 | Paraphrasing, summarizing and source documentation |
14 | Argumentative Essay + guided practice |
15 | Final writing assignment (workshop) |
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