Course Information

TECHNICAL & BUSINESS WRITING (ENGL 2311)

Term: 2023-2024 Fall

Faculty

Kevin Eubanks

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Kevin Eubanks

North Central Texas College

1500 North Corinth

Corinth, Texas 76208

Corinth 308

keubanks@nctc.edu

Instructor, English

Education

Ph.D. in English: University of Tennessee (1997)

M.A. in English: Baylor Unitersity (1989)

B.A. in English: Baylor University (1987)

Teaching Positions

Instructor, North Central Texas College, 2000-present

Adjunct Instructor, Texas Wesleyan University, 1999-2000

Adjunct Instructor, University of Tennessee, 1997-99

Instructor, University of Tennessee, 1996-97

Graduate Teaching Associate, University of Tennessee, 1991-96

Professor, Baiko Women's University, Shimonoseki, Japan, 1989-91

Schedule

Mon-Wed, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM (8/28/2023 - 12/16/2023) Location: DNX DNX 110

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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