Catalogue and Course Description

Catalog description: ENGL 5371 will focus on theoretical and practical issues in technical communication, giving students a strong basis from which to continue their graduate studies and work in the profession. Students will read and write about theories, trends, and issues in the profession; explore the historical growth of technical communication; learn about research issues they might encounter in more depth later in their studies; and develop a stronger sense of professional identities and values. Course rationale: Because the course is intended to give you an understanding of the profession, we’ll focus on questions surrounding what the profession is. Is technical writing a product or a practice? A discipline or a profession? Where and how has it been and will it be formed? Where did it come from, and where is it going?

Required Texts

• Johnson-Eiolola, Johndan and Stuart A. Selber, eds. Central Works in Technical Communication. New York: Oxford, 2004. ISBN: 0-19-515705-2
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