English 435-002
Professional and Technical Writing
Instr: Alred, Gerald
Office: CRT 566; 229-4569
e-mail: alred@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: W; 5:30-8:10pm; CRT 227
Course Description
Advanced Technical Writing is a course for those interested in functioning as professional writers in organizations. The course will examine the theory and practice of professional writing in business, education, and government. Students will analyze the rhetoric of professional documents and will receive intensive practice in producing documents of professional quality. The course will include visits from guest writers and a tour of a technical publishing company. Among others, the writing assignments will include the following: Audience Analysis, Executive Summary, Trip Report and Editing Assignment, Detailed Outline, and Literature Review.
Texts include The Professional Writer and Handbook of Technical Writing (8th edition)
