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Teaching English 110 - Composition
I English 120 - Composition II (Spring 2005) English 275 - Introduction to Writing Studies English 320 - Practical Writing Engineering 320 - Technical Communication English 358 - Intermediate Composition English 357 - English 458/658 - Advanced Writing Workshop English 457- Electronic Communication (Spring 2006) English 755 - Composition Theory English 757 - Composition Studies English 758 - Composition and Rhetoric
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English 320: Practical WritingLast Taught: Spring 2001 Texts Anderson, Paul V. Technical Writing: A Reader-centered Approach. 4th Edition. Orlando:Harcourt Brace, 1998. Course Description and Objectives This course is designed to give you practice in written communication, oral communication, design production, and design evaluation. Practical writing requires you to respond to a variety of specific audiences and to express yourself successfully in written, visual, and oral communication. English 320 treats the theories, principles, and processes of effective communication in the professional world. The course will help you: • understand and apply rhetorical principles to professional communication • understand the generic requirements of important forms of professional communication • understand and implement principles of effective document design • understand the influences of and the constraints imposed by organizational settings in the composition of professional documents. In addition to these communication skills, this course will also introduce you to, or extend your knowledge of, various computer applications and skills. We will discuss the changing nature of work in the coming century, and speculate on the place of communication in future work environments. You will also have the opportunity to explore and evaluate important concepts like Total Quality Management and collaboration, or investigate changes in information technology relevant to your future profession. |
Research Recently published "Remediation, Genre, and Motivation: Key Concepts for Teaching with Weblogs." Into the Blogosphere. Ed. Laura Gurak et al. University of Minnesota, 2004. "The McLuhan Retrieval Reviewed." Kairos 9.1, 2004. In-progress "Changing the Ground of Graduate Education: Wireless Laptops Bring Stability rather than Mobility to Graduate Teaching Assistants." Book chapter. McLuhan for Compositionists. Book project. Other Stuff The annual Regional Studies Lecture, which I have co-ordinated since spring 2001.
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