Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Fall 2008


 

English 410:003
Course Schedule

Week 1 (Aug 26-28): Technical Writing and Its Audiences
CGTC chapters 1-2

Week 2 (Sept 2-4): Usability
CGTC chapter 3 (ppt notes), chapter 10 (Letter, Résumé)

Week 3 (Sept 9-11): Document Design
CGTC chapters 8-9
Customer Letter due Sept 11

Week 4 (Sept 16-18):Short Reports
CGTC 10 (Email, Memos, Short Reports), 11 (Instructions and Procedures)
Résumé due Sept 18

Week 5 (Sept 23-25): Proposals
CGTC chapter 12 (Definitions, Descriptions,Proposals)
Usability test of Short Report

Week 6 (Sept 30-Oct 2):Conducting Research
CGTC chapter 4
CGTC chapter 4 exercise 1
Short Report due Oct 2

Week 7 (Oct 7-9): Digital Communication
CGTC chapter 5
Wkikpedia

Week 8 (Oct 16): (Monday classes meet Oct 14; Tuesday classes do not meet)
Ethical and Legal Issues
CGTC chapter 6
Proposal due Oct 16

Week 9 (Oct 21-23): Ethical and Legal Issues
CGTC chapter 7 (ppt notes)
CGTC chapter 7, exercise 3
Wikipedia Assignment due Oct 23

Week 10 (Oct 28-30): Complex Reports
CGTC chapter 12
Citation and Document Format
CGTC Appendix B (ppt notes)

Week 11 (Nov 4-5):
Progress Report due Nov 5

Week 12 (Nov 11-13): Editing
CGTC Appendix A
Grammar exercises

Week 13 (Nov 18-20): Presentations
CGTC chapter 10, 215-222
All revisions due by Nov 20

Week 14 (Nov 25): Prep for Class presentations

Week 15 (Dec 2-4): Class Presentations
Analytical Reports due Dec 4



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