EH 302 Professional Writing

This course focuses on how experienced writers produce texts and solve problems in the workplace. There is an emphasis in the course on the practical production of commonplace writing like memos, reports, and proposals, but our main purpose is to acquire literacies critical to the flexible problem solving needed in the contemporary workplace. We will learn about the conventions of traditional workplace writing while practicing with the new creative opportunities presented by digital technologies including document and web design. We will explore these issues through a collection of contemporary case studies of communication in the workplace. Major assignment topics in the course will be driven by students professional and personal interest. Research in the course will be tied to these interests, furthering a students understanding of their primary field of study. Underscoring all work in the course is a strong foundation in ethics with special attention paid to fair communication practices with peers and when representing the ideas of other writers.

Credits

3