This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class. Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation.

Technical Communication (2016 MLA Update) by Mike Markel. 11th edition.  Bedford St. Martin’s. ISBN: 978-1-319-08808-8

This advanced course is designed to relate to the specific needs of upper-level students in technical fields with an emphasis on work-related forms. Technical writing is a mode of information management designed either to prompt action (persuasive documents such as proposals) or to enable action (instructions and informative reports). EN306 introduces students to different forms of technical writing (and not necessarily business writing) and to critical thinking and communication skills. Students will write memos and business letters as well as lengthy, detailed, and researched documents, proposals, and reports. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze the purpose for and audience for documents produced in technical fields and will be able to manage information in order to produce, clear, effective technical documents. Either EN305 or EN306 is required of all students. Prerequisites: EN120 (or EN110/111) and Junior standing.

Upon successful completion of the course, each participant should be able to:

1. Create documents that are

2. Produce documents that adhere to the conventions of genre.
3. Manage information and manipulate content and design of documents for different audiences and purposes.
4. Find existing sources of information on a topic using print and electronic resources.
5. Evaluate the accuracy and validity of information presented in a wide variety of media.
6. Cite sources in the standardized format of their field and in accordance with CMU’s academic honesty policy.
7. Write logically developed, organized documents.
8. Write documents that adhere to the conventions of standard grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling.