Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Fall 2008


 

English 410:001
Course Schedule

Week 1 (Aug 27): Technical Writing and Its Audiences
CGTC chapters 1-2

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

Week 3 (Sept 10): Document Design
CGTC chapters 8-9
Customer Letter due Sept 10

Week 4 (Sept 17):Short Reports
CGTC 10 (Email, Memos, Short Reports), 11 (Instructions and Procedures)
Résumé due Sept 17

Week 5 (Sept 24): Proposals
CGTC chapter 12 (Definitions, Descriptions, Proposals)
Usability test of Short Report

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

Week 7 (Oct 8): Digital Communication
CGTC chapter 5
Wikipedia

Week 8 (Oct 15): Ethical and Legal Issues
CGTC chapter 6
Proposal due Oct 15

Week 9 (Oct 22): Ethical and Legal Issues
CGTC chapter 7 (ppt notes)
CGTC chapter 7, exercise 3
Wikipedia Assignment due

Week 10 (Oct 29): Complex Reports
CGTC chapter 12
Citation and Document Format
CGTC Appendix B (ppt notes)

Week 11 (Nov 5): Presentations
CGTC chapter 10, 215-222
Progress Report due Nov 5

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

Week 13 (Nov 19): Presentations
All revisions due by Nov 20

Week 14 (Nov 26): No Class (Thanksgiving)

Week 15 (Dec 3): Class Presentations Dec 3
Analytical Reports due Dec 3



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