EN 249 - Technical Writing

Description
This course teaches processes for analyzing writing contexts and producing clean, effective, and reader-centered technical documents in an efficient manner, such as business correspondence, case studies, technical reports, and resumes. Students will work collaboratively on team-produced assignments and projects.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: English
Discipline: EN

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20230223T13:12:27
Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:

Clearly convey specialized information from a technical field to a non-specialized audience both individually and collaboratively.
Demonstrate rhetorical knowledge to analyze and compose appropriate technical documents to address workplace problems.
Use conventions of clear design, style, and layout of written materials with meaningful and purposeful integration of visual elements.
Gather, evaluate, and cite information for technical writing.
Demonstrate understanding of ethical, legal, and safety issues in creating technical documents.
Utilize technology to develop and deliver documents including but not limited to proposals, instructions, memos, websites, and technical reports.

Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes

Course Outline:
I. Discuss and evaluate various issues relevant to technical communication in the workplace, including but not limited to:

A. Rhetoric

B. Electronic technologies

C. Ethics

D. Trannationalism and cultural sensitivity

II. Evaluate and compose technical documents, utilizing the following steps of the writing process:

A. Research and Citation

B. Organizing and Drafting

C. Layout and Design

D. Revising, Rewriting, and Editing

E. Usability

III. Practice writing multiple genres of technical documents addressing various workplace problems, including but not limited to:

A. E-mails and Memos

B. Letters

C. Manuals

D. Proposals

E. Reports

F. Descriptions and Specification

IV. Illustrate the principles of effective oral, written and visual rhetoric through a presentation

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Strategies will include lecture: 10-20%

In-class work: 20-30%

A Presentation and writing projects: 50-60%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: BA 101 or EN 101 (C or higher).
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: N/A
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Qualified instructor with a Master’s Degree in English, Technical Communication, or a closely related field.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 25
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Pre-Accounting, A.B. (3+1, Davenport University), Pre-Biological Laboratory Science, A.A. (3+1, Davenport University), Pre-Manufacturing Engineering Technology, A.A. (Ferris State University), Pre-Writing, A.A. (General Transfer),
People Soft Course ID Number: 100679
Course CIP Code: 23.01

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA