English 206-001
Technical Writing
Instr: Andersen, Rebekka
Office: CRT 523; 229-2971
e-mail: rebekka@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: TR; 3:30-4:45pm; CRT 127
Course Description
Technical Writing aims to prepare students to be effective communicators, particularly, effective writers, in their future professional careers. It helps students to develop workplace writing skills and to understand and ultimately to apply the technical and rhetorical principles guiding and underlying workplace writing practices. The course will introduce students to some of the basic issues, elements, and genres of technical writing:
- Writing for various audiences and purposes
- Addressing social issues related to writing, such as ethics, politics, gender, and culture
- Defining, analyzing, and attempting to resolve workplace writing problems
- Conducting primary and secondary research for writing
- Writing collaboratively
- Developing an effective professional tone and style
- Incorporating effective visual elements into document design
- Writing various technical documents (e.g., descriptions, proposals, instructions, and reports)
