TECHNICAL & BUSINESS WRITING (ENGL 2311)

Term: 2022-2023 Spring

Faculty

Kayla Kruse WestShow MyInfo popup for Kayla Kruse West

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Education:

B.A. in Literature from the University of North Texas 2010

M.A. in Literature from the University of North Texas 2016

M.Ed. in Secondary Education from the University of North Texas 2015

 

Teaching Experience:

6 years of teaching experience in at the Secondary Level. 

 

Contact Information:

kkwest@nctc.edu

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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