Syllabus, Spring 1998



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Week 1: January 5-9
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Course Introduction: What is Technical Writing?
    • Memo / Letter / Email
  • Class Activities:
    • Writing Sample: Letter -- What do you expect to learn in this course?
  • Readings:
  • Homework:
  • (Last day to drop/add is 1/9/98)
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Week 2: January 12-16
  • Student Profile Due 1/9/98
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Introduction to the Internet
      • Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML)
      • Telnet
      • File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
      • World Wide Web
  • Class Activities:
    • HTML Practice
    • Internet Program Practice
  • Readings:
  • Homework:
    • Index page for your Portfolio
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Week 3: January 19-23
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • The Listserv
    • Résumé / Cover Letter
  • Class Activities:
    • Computer Work
  • Readings:
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 20 (481-504)
  • Homework:
    • Résumé / Cover Letter (due 1/27/97)
    • Work on Portfolio
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Week 4: January 26-30
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Memo Report / Proposal
  • Class Activities:
    • Computer Work
  • Readings:
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapters 21 and 22
  • Homework:
    • Memo Report
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Week 5: February 2-5
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Proposal
  • Class Activities:
    • Computer Work
  • Readings:
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 22
  • Homework:
    • Proposal
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Week 6: February 9-13
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Definition and Description
    • Hypermedia
  • Class Activities:
    • Computer Work
  • Readings:
    • Chapter 17
    • Chapter 14
  • Homework:
    • Simple Item Definition and Description
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Week 7: February 16-20
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Instructions and Procedures
    • Style
  • Class Activities:
    • Computer Work
  • Readings:
    • Chapter 19
    • Chapter 12
  • Homework:
    • Simple Task Instructions
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Week 8: February 23-27
  • HTML Portfolio Due 2/26/98
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Progress Reports
  • Class Activities:
    • Computer Work
    • Conference Sign-Up Sheet
  • Readings:
    • Chapter 21 (511-14)
  • Homework:
  • Last day to drop with a grade of "W": 3/6/97
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Week 9: March 2-6
  • Conferences
  • Prepare a Self Assessment in the form of a Progress Report and bring it to your conference
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Week 10: March 9-13
  • Spring Break
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Week 11: March 16-20
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Begin Class Project Organization
  • Class Activities:
    • Class Project
  • Readings:
    • TBA
  • Homework:
    • TBA
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Week 12: March 23-27
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • TBA
  • Class Activities:
    • Class Project Development
  • Readings:
    • TBA
  • Homework:
    • TBA
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Week 13: March 30 - April 3
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • TBA
  • Class Activities:
    • Class Project Development
  • Readings:
    • TBA
  • Homework:
    • TBA
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Week 14: April 6-10
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • TBA
  • Class Activities:
    • Class Project Development
  • Readings:
    • TBA
  • Homework:
    • TBA
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Week 15: April 13-17
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • TBA
  • Class Activities:
    • Class Project Development
  • Readings:
    • TBA
  • Homework:
    • TBA
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Week 16: April 20-24
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Exam Review
  • Class Activities:
    • Class Project Development
  • Readings:
    • TBA
  • Homework:
    • Review for Exam
    • Finish Class Project
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Exam Week: April 27 - May 1
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G.R. Lucas reserves the right to change this syllabus at any point during the semester. Students are reminded that they are responsible for all class work and assignments missed when absent. This syllabus is tentative and subject to change. Please check assignments on this page regularly for updates and ammendments; remember, this is your responsibility.



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