ENG 404 - Advanced Technical Writing

Description:
Practice in designing, constructing, evaluating, and testing technical documents for specific purposes and organizational cultures. ENG 504 is taught online. ENG 404 and ENG 504 are layered courses; a student may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ENG 310.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Analyze organizational contexts
Analyze the ethical considerations involved in the technical communication
Analyze the cultural considerations involved in technical communication
Use and improve appropriate conventions and formal elements
Construct arguments that are based on sound evidence and appeal to several audiences at once
Conduct research that can be used to support arguments
Test, edit and revise designs and ideas in online documents
Understand the differences necessary in writing for different levels of audience
Work in an editor’s role to improve the documents, presentations and critical thought of others
Identify and incorporate cultural differences as they communicate with audiences from another culture