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Course description:

This technical writing course will give you an overview of the

genre and prepare you to produce instructive, informational, and persuasive documents based on well-defined and achievable outcomes. Technical documents are precise, concise, organized,

and based on complex information. This course will teach you processes for analyzing

writing contexts and help you produce effective, clean, and reader-centered documents

in an efficient manner. The purpose and target audience of a document determines the

style that an author chooses. In this course, you will evaluate these stylistic choices and carefully consider document layout, vocabulary,

sentence and paragraph structure, and visuals, among other factors. 

Upon completion, you will gain an understanding and knowledge of many technical writing documents, including reports, feasibility studies, proposals, and specifications.

You will also learn:

• How to construct a logical outline of a technical document
• How to write with awareness of expository techniques such as definition, classification, and causal analysis
• How to design an effective format and layout for a technical publication