Principles of professional technical communication for CS and IS students.  Topics include writing business communications, user manuals, press releases, literature reviews, and research abstracts.  Persuasive oral communications and effective presentation techniques, to address a range of audiences, will also be covered.  This course satisfies the communications proficiency requirement for CSE/ISE majors.

WRT 102; CSE major; U3 or U4 standing

• An ability to produce effective written communications and reports.
• An ability to give effective oral presentations.

• The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. http://www.bartleby.com/141/
• Pocket Guide to Technical Communication, by William Pfeiffer, Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0206313426
• Supplementary Material: Online Technical Writing, by David A. McMurrey, http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/

• Principles of effective writing
• Business communications
• Software reviews
• User instructions
• Project documentation
• Press releases
• Literature reviews
• Research abstracts
• Principles of persuasive presentations
• Presentation media

None