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        English 308
        Spring 2003 / Section 02
          Instructor:  Gloria McMillan
             Email: glomc@DakotaCom.net

Course Description


        This class is designed for upper division students in a technical area who wish to learn the 
    methods of writing for their future careers.  As citizens and professionals many workplace
    decisions involving writing have not only the rhetorical aspect to writing well and persuasively,
    but also writing ethically.  So in addition to a goal or learning techné about writing in a field,
    we will explore the rhetorical nature of the ethical questions that you will shortly be facing. 

  In this class, you will:

   *  Investigate the definition of technical writing and the various subgenres of which it is
    comprised.
   *  Survey the place of technical writing in the workplace, including its values and ethical
    norms.
   *  Learn those skills that form the process of writing inquiry letters, proposals, progress
    reports, all the way to final technical reports and presentations.
   *  This class will teach you to identify your audience and the most persuasive way to 
    communicate with that audience via audience analysis and process-oriented 
    self-reflection.
   *  As we work together on these projects, we will learn about each other and how 
    to work productively in teams, so be prepared to spend good deal of time working 
    both alone and in groups this semester.  
 

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