Writing effective correspondence, instructions, proposals, and informal and formal reports. 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 communication. Assignments may include writing effective correspondence, formal and informal reports, job application materials, and proposals.

Writing effective correspondence, instructions, proposals, and informal and formal reports. 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 communication. Assignments may include writing effective correspondence, formal and informal reports, job application materials, and proposals.

Development of a book-length project from idea to final published product. Examples may include style manuals, policies and procedures, and training manuals. Students will develop collaboration skills gained in previous experience such as ENC 3241, other courses, or workplace experience. Students will apply these skills to develop a substantive technical communication documentation product with a team.

Team-based planning, design, and development of technical communication documents for clients, including industry or non-profit organizations. Students will extend collaboration skills gained in ENC 4293 by using them to collaborate with a client outside of the course. Students will also review information about design, content development, editing, web and print production, and social media.