TECHNICAL & BUSINESS WRITING (ENGL 2311)

Term: 2016-2017 Spring

Faculty

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Erica C. Thompson

1200 Parker Square

Flower Mound, TX 75028

972-899-8337

ecthompson@nctc.edu

 

Title: Instructor of English

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, University of North Texas, 1997

Master of Arts, English Literature, Midwestern State University, 2003

 

Schedule

Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM (5/15/2017 - 5/30/2017) Location: COR COR01 357

Description

Intensive study of and practice in professional settings. Focus on the types of documents necessary to make decisions and take action on the job, such as proposals, reports, instructions, policies and procedures, e-mail messages, letters, and descriptions of products and services. Practice individual and collaborative processes involved in the creation of ethical and efficient documents.

Upon successful completion, students will be able to: recognize, analyze, and accommodate diverse audiences; produce documents appropriate to audience, purpose, and genre; analyze the ethical responsibilities involved in technical communication; locate, evaluate, and incorporate pertinent information; develop verbal, visual, and multimedia materials as necessary, in individual and/or collaborative projects, as appropriate; edit for appropriate style, including attention to word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling; and design and test documents for easy reading and navigation.
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