3COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Overview and Description:The process of developing technical information, including researching, drafting, editing, revising, and designing technical reports, proposals, manuals, job application documents and professional correspondence for specific audiences, using word processing and graphic applications. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302.Course Objectives:Technical communication is the study and practice of how best to convey information to multiple audiences with different goals and needs. After completing this class, you will be able to:•Recognize and be able to analyze rhetorical features of various types of technical information (written, oral, visual, and electronic), including rhetorical contexts, purposes, and audiences.•Communicate using clear, concise, and grammatically correct language.•Demonstrate principles of effective document design in professional communication.•Recognize the influences of organizational settings and communities of practice.•Plan, design, develop, and present professional/technical information (written, visual, and electronic) for various contexts, purposes, and audiences.•Work in a variety of roles in collaborative activities and team projects.
