BUSI 1304 BUSINESS REPORT WRITING AND CORRESPONDENCE (3-3-0). A course focused on business correspondence through common media (business letters, memos, e-mail, and reports), across organizational hierarchies (coworkers at lower, same, and higher organizational levels), and based on typical situations (good news, bad news, policy and schedule changes, information requests, reprimands, rationales, denials, justifications, and other tricky business-communication situations). Emphasizes clear, tactful, succinct, direct, well-structured writing that gets the job done. Skills: E Prerequisites: ENGL 1301 or program approval; basic computer familiarity and typing skills. (TCM 1623) Course Type: T
ENGL 2311 TECHNICAL & BUSINESS WRITING (3-3-0). Principles, techniques, and skills needed to conduct scientific, technical, or business writing. Instruction in the writing of reports, letters, and other exercises applicable to a wide range of disciplines and careers. Emphasis on clarity, conciseness, and accuracy of expression. Research techniques, information design, effective use of graphics, and preparation and presentation of oral reports will be covered. Skills: E Prerequisites: ENGL 1301. (ENGL 1311) Course Type: T
ETWR 1372 GRAMMAR/STYLE (3-3-0). A study of the principles of an effective professional or technical style, stressing clarity, exactness, and readability. Topics include a review of grammar and punctuation, an introduction to copy editing, and editing and revision skills. Skills: E Prerequisites: ENGL 1301. (TCM 1613) Course Type: W
ETWR 1391 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENGLISH TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS WRITING (3-3-0). Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student, including portfolio development. Skills: P Prerequisites: May be taken a second time for credit when topics vary. (TCM 2713) Course Type: W
ETWR 2364 PRACTICUM (OR FIELD EXPERIENCE) -- ENGLISH TECHNICAL & BUSINESS WRITING (3-1-20). Practical general training and experiences in the workplace. The college with the employer develops and documents an individualized plan for the student. The plan relates the workplace training and experiences to the student's general and technical course of study. The guided external experiences may be for pay or no pay. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Skills: P (TCM 2733) Course Type: W
ETWR 2375 WRITING STATISTICS FOR INFORMATION SPECIALISTS (3-3-0). This course focuses on summarizing and explaining statistical information, not only with words but also with tables, graphs, and charts; emphasizes the proper design and placement of tables, charts, and graphs; and features methods for converting these materials to other media and for dynamically linking statistical information contained in electronic databases and spreadsheets. Skills: G Prerequisites: BUSI 1304, ENGL 1311, or program approval; strong computer skills. ( ) Course Type: W
ETWR 2472 BOOK-LENGTH DOCUMENTS WITH ADOBE FRAMEMAKER (4-4-0). Workshop-style course in which students use Adobe FrameMaker to practice the structure and design of user documents; create fully "automated" book-length technical documents complete with automated tables of contents, indexes, table and figure numbers, and cross-references; and learn other FrameMaker features for rapid updating. Emphasis on teamwork and the project title in addition to organization, format, and style of printed technical documents. Skills: E Prerequisites: ENGL 2311, BUSI 1304, or program approval; strong computer and writing skills. (ETWR 2372) Course Type: W
PBAD 1341 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES: GRANT AND NEW-BUSINESS PROPOSALS (3-3-0). An overview of governmental agencies and their interrelationships; goals and objectives; and organizational structure of each agency. Topics include grants-in-aid, revenue and expenditure patterns, and global influence on governmental agencies. A study of two important forms of the proposal: the grant proposal and the new-business proposal (also known as a business "prospectus"). Students learn how to find grants, analyze their requirements, and then write a successful grant proposal. Students also plan a business startup, do funding and marketing research for it, and then write a proposal promoting the startup to potential investors. Skills: E Prerequisites: BUSI 1304, ENGL 2311, or program approval; strong writing and computer skills. ( ) Course Type: W
POFI 2431 DESKTOP PUBLISHING FOR THE OFFICE: BOOK-LENGTH DOCUMENTS WITH MS WORD (4-4-0). In-depth coverage of desktop publishing terminology, text editing, and use of design principles to create publishing material using word processing desktop features. Emphasis on layout techniques, graphics, and multiple page displays. In this workshop-style course, students practice structuring, designing, and writing book-length documents (books, reports, or both) using the automation and productivity features in Microsoft Word. In addition to composing clear readable text and practice good document design, students create automated tables of contents, indexes, cross-references, table and figure numbers, and other numbering streams. Skills: E Prerequisites: BUSI 1304, ENGL 2311 or program approval; strong computer and writing skills. ( ) Course Type: W
POFT 1307 PROOFREADING AND EDITING: BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS (3-3-0). Instruction in proofreading and editing skills necessary to assure accuracy in business documents as well as technical documents. Designed to give students a working understanding of the role of the technical editor as collaborator and decision maker in the entire publication process. Topics include online editing, revising, hypertext, graphics, visual design, and project estimating. Skills: E Prerequisites: ENGL 2311 or program approval. ( ) Course Type: W
POFT 2359 RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT III: INDEXING AND DOCUMENT CONTROL (3-3-0). Study of advanced records and information management systems and applications. Includes software and systems evaluation, integration of records and information management technologies, and advanced case studies. A study of the fundamentals of indexing documents, both print and online. Includes critique of existing indexes and brief indexing exercises focusing on processes for rough-drafting indexes. Students learn to revise and finetune other writers' rough-draft indexes as well as their own. The course concludes with an introduction to indexing tools in software applications such as Word and FrameMaker. Skills: E Prerequisites: POFI 2431 or program approval. ( ) Course Type: W