Austin Community College
Summer 2008 - OPEN COURSES
Course Descriptions All Courses Classroom Courses Distance Learning Courses
Updated: 07/24/2008 08:40:28
BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS
5 - 1/2 Week Session May 27 - July 2
ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing
E+ [8/12] 15202 Lec 001 NRG 4209 MW 6:00pm - 10:00pm OH Klau, Robert
E+ [10/8] 15203 Lec 004 NRG 4209 S 9:00am - 12:40pm OH Klau, Robert
8 Week Session May 27 - July 21
11 Week Session May 27 - August 12
ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing
E+ [9/10] 16507 Lec 006 NRG 4209 F 9:00am - 12:20pm OH Eakman-Strout, Elizabeth
5 - 1/2 Week Session July 7 - August 12
ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing
E+ [12/11] 15713 Lec 002 NRG 4209 MW 6:00pm - 10:00pm OH Williams, Joe
8 Week Session May 27 - July 21
ETWR 1376 Grant Proposals and Business Plans
E+ [16/5] 16547 OPC 002 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH Mejia-Dietche, Ana
16547 - Internet access required. A.Mejia-Dietche, 223.1795 x26219. For MANDATORY
orientation information: email amejiadi@austincc.edu the 1st class week.
11 Week Session May 27 - August 12
ETWR 1372 Grammar/Style
E+ [12/4] 16543 OPC 002 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH Crocker, Amanda
16543 - Internet access required. A. Crocker, 223.8124 (for info). For MANDATORY
orientation information: email mandacrocker@gmail.com the 1st class week.
ETWR 1374 Graphics for Business, Government and Technical Information
E+ [13/6] 16545 OPC 002 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH Mogull, Scott
16545 - Internet access required. S. Mogull, 223.1795x25099. For MANDATORY orientation
information: email scott.mogull@mogullonline.com the 1st class week.
ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing
E+ [12/4] 16508 OPC 007 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH Butler, Wayne
16508 - Internet access required. W. Butler, 223.1795 x25690. For MANDATORY orientation
information: email wbutler@austincc.edu the 1st class week.
E+ [8/12] 16509 OPC 008 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH Butler, Wayne
16509 - Internet access required. W. Butler, 223.1795 x25690. For MANDATORY orientation
information: email wbutler@austincc.edu the 1st class week.
ETWR 1372 Grammar/Style
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. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301.
ETWR 1374 Graphics for Business, Government and Technical Information
Focusing on graphics commonly required of technical writers, this course begins with rhetorical principles relating to graphic design; challenges students to envision graphics for plain text; introduces software such as Photoshop for editing graphics; including techniques for importing and positioning graphics into desktop publishing software such as FrameMaker and Word; introduces editing existing hardware vector graphics; provides practice creating relatively simple graphics such as geometrical, conceptual, and flowchart-type graphics using applications such as CorelDraw, Illustrator, or AutoCAD; and provides a thorough introduction to scalable vector graphics (SVG). Prerequisite: Strong computer skills.
ETWR 1376 Grant Proposals and Business Plans
A study of two important forms of the proposal: the grant proposal and the new-business plan (also known as 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 business plan promoting the startup to potential investors. Prerequisite: Strong writing and computer skills.
ETWR 1391 Special Topics in English Technical and Business Writing
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. May be taken a second time for credit when topics vary.
ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing
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. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301.
ETWR 2364 Practicum (or Field Experience) -- English Technical & Business Writing
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.
ETWR 2472 Book-Length Documents with Adobe FrameMaker
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. Prerequisite: Strong computer and writing skills.
ETWR 2477 Documentation Process and Content Management
Working in teams and using unformatted text, students take a documentation project from competitive proposal straight through to completion, moving through important phases such as team building, initial proposal, documentation plan, scheduling, prototypes, style guide, drafts, edits, peer reviews, revisions, and final deliverables. Dividing into typical roles such as coordinator, writers, editors, and graphics specialists, team use content-management and document-control software to track and manage their projects. Prerequisite: Strong writing skills.