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76-271 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing


Units:9.0
Department:English
Related URLs:http://hss.cmu.edu/HTML/departments/engl

PW + TW: Required Core Course EBA + CW: English Elective Non-majors: Please see listing for 76-270, a closely related course designed for and open to non-majors. Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing is designed specifically for declared majors in Professional or Technical Writing. The main work of the course is a series of six situation-based writing assignments spread over three broad and often overlapping areas business/professional writing, media writing, and technical writing. Typical assignments include resumes, correspondence, reviews and evaluations, news coverage, feature articles, consumer/user instructions, proposals, and adaptations of specialized information for non-expert audiences. At least one of the assignments will be a group project. As a final project, youll create a portfolio of polished writing samples that you can use in applying for internships and employment. The range of assignments in the course is designed to give you experience with a variety of writing situations that professional writers frequently encounter. The assignments also reflect options for specialization that you may wish to pursue in future coursework and in your career as a professional writer. As you work through the assignments, you should learn both current conventions for the kinds of writing youll be doing and a broadly applicable procedure for analyzing novel situations and adapting conventional forms (and creating new ones) to meet the unique demands of each new situation and task.

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  Spring 2005 times

Sec Time Day Instructor Location  
A 9:00 - 10:20 am M Werner OSC 202 Add course to my schedule
W Werner OSC 202



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