Students will take on the role of professional technical communicators as they explore the purpose, audience, and genre conventions of technical documents across disciplines. Students will learn about the use of style, content organization, standard document formats, rhetoric, and ethics when preparing technical communications. Assignments may include writing effective correspondence, formal and informal reports, job application materials, and proposals.

Introduction to designing and creating different kinds of help files or help systems for the computer industry. Students will study software documents and online help systems, focusing on writing and designing tutorials from a task-oriented point of view.

Development of a substantial writing, editing, or revision project involving a real-world, real-client project.  Students will collaborate with a client to produce a final published product. Examples may include manuals, policies and procedures, design documents for software products and other types of substantial documents.

Development of a substantial writing, editing, or revision project involving a real-world, real-client project.  Students will collaborate with a client to produce a final published product. Examples may include manuals, policies and procedures, design documents for software products and other types of substantial documents.