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This schedule represents a provisional plan for all work throughout the
semester. We may revise it as needed.
Maymester - May 18-22
Mon.18
Welcome and Introductions
Overview course materials, policies, and Blackboard interface
Focus: What is professional writing?
Due (in class): In Blackboard, post personal introduction with photo
(via Photobooth)
Tue.19
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Chs. 1-2, pp. 1-30
Due: Post to Blackboard "Discussion Weeks 1-2"
Focus: Rhetorical Aspects of Workplace Communication
Wed.20
Read: Lanham, LGTRP, Preface and Chs. 1-3, pp. iv-55
Focus: Genre, Design, and Context
In class: Develop provisional business concepts and apply Lanham's
Paramedic Method for guiding style and revision
Thu.21
View clips from Helvetica (1 hr)
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 8, "Page Layout and Document
Design," pp. 123-148
In class: Logo and letterhead
Fri.22
Overview of Genres and Genre Conventions
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 10, "Everyday Communication
Situations,"
pp. 185-217, and Ch. 12, "Complex Communication Situations," pp. 260-287
Discuss roadmap for the next twelve weeks online
Take-home exam #1 distributed
Online May 23 - August 14
2.Week of May 25-29
Continue Blackboard "Discussion Weeks 1-2"
Read: Pink, WNM, Intro and Chs. 1-3, pp. 1-61
P2. Sign up for Google Reader account and begin following three or more
RSS feeds related to your business concept
DUE: Fri., 5.29, Exam #1
3.Week of June 1-5
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 3, "Designing Usable Information,"
pp. 31-49
Read: Pink, WNM, Ch. 4, "Design," pp. 65-99
Blackboard "Discussion Week 3"
DUE: Fri., 6.5, P1.Emails
4.Week of June 8-12
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 4, "Performing Research
for Technical Communication,"
pp. 51-69
Read: Pink, WNM, Chs. 5-6, "Story" and "Symphony," pp.
100-157
Blackboard "Discussion Week 4"
DUE: Fri., 6.12, P2.Memo
5.Week of June 15-19
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 5, "Technical Communication
in a Digital World,"
pp. 71-87
Read: Pink, WNM, Chs. 7-8, "Empathy" and "Play," pp.
159-215
Blackboard "Discussion Week 5"
DUE: Fri., 6.19, P3.Cover letter and résumé
6.Week of June 22-26
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 6, "Ethical Issues in
Technical Communication,"
pp. 88-105
Read: Pink, WNM, Ch. 9 and Afterword, "Meaning," pp. 216-247
Blackboard "Discussion Week 6"
Begin working on P4.Short Report
7.Week of June 29-July 3
Blackboard Peer Response to P4.Short Report
Begin working on P5.Long
Report or Proposal
8.Week of July 6-10
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 7, "Copyright and Privacy,"
pp. 106-122
Blackboard "Discussion Week 8"
Continue working on P5.Long Report or Proposal
DUE: Fri., 7.10, P4.Short Report
9.Week of July 13-17
Read: Gurak and Lannon, CGTTC, Ch. 9, "Graphics and Visual
Information,"
pp. 149-182
Blackboard "Discussion Week 9"
DUE: Fri., 7.17, Draft of P5.Long
Report or Proposal
10.Week of July 20-24
Exam #2 distributed
DUE: Fri., 7.24, Exam #2
11.Week of July 27-31
Blackboard Peer Response to P5.Long Report or Proposal
12.Week of Aug. 3-7
Writing and Revision Workshop
Writing Consultation
13.Week of Aug. 10-14
Writing and Revision Workshop
Writing Consultation
DUE: Fri., 8.14, Portfolio with P6. Reflective letter and P5.Long Report
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