English 302:N02 — Course Schedule
All chapter and page numbers refer to Reporting Technical Information, unless otherwise indicated
Week 1 (Sept 1): Chapter 1 (Overview
of Technical Writing).
Exercises 1, 2, 4.
Week 2 (Sept 8): Chapters 2 (Composing)
Chapter
12
(Correspondence and E-Mail).
Week 3 (Sept 15): Chapter 3 (Writing
for Your Readers).
Chapter
4 (Achieving a Readable Style). Exercises 3.
Customer Letter assignment due Sept 15.
Week 4 (Sept 22): Chapter 9 (Creating and
Managing Text).
Chapter 17 (Instructions, Procedures, Policies). Exercises 1 and 3.
Begin Instructional Essay
Week 5 (Sept 29): Chapters 8 (Document Design), 10 (Main Elements of Reports), and 11 (Tables and Figures).
Week 6 (Oct 6): Chapter 7 (Gathering, Evaluating,
and Documenting Information).
Begin Mini-research
Project.
Instructional Essay due Oct 6.
Week 7 (Oct 13): Columbus Day Recess (Monday
classes meet Tuesday; Tuesday classes do not meet).
Chapter 5 (Writing Ethically). Exercises 1 and 6.
Mini-Research Project due Oct 13.
Week 8 (Oct 20): Chapters 13 (Reports for
Any Occasion) and 16 (Proposals
and Progress Reports).
Research Proposal due
Week 9 (Oct 27): Chapters 14 (Analytical
Reports) and 15 (Empirical Research Reports).
Begin Research Project
Week 10 (Nov 3): Review Chapter 7. Evaluating Sources. Appendix A exercises.
Week 11 (Nov 10): Chapter 19 (Oral Reports).
Annotated Bibliography due Nov 10
Week 12 (Nov 17): Progress Report Presentations.
Week 13 (Nov 24): Thanksgiving Break.
Week 14 (Dec 1): Peer Review session
Week 15 (Dec 8): Chapter 20 (Strategies and
Communications of the Job Search).
Interview Workshop.
Research Project due
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