English 213: Computers in the Study of English

The class that makes you a technophile

“English 213 invites you to consider the role of electronic communication in English studies and use computers on a regular basis, not just for word processing, but also for communicating electronically with classmates, designing a website, researching a writing project, and presenting material to the class,” says Gloria Betcher.

English 302: Business Communication

The class that helps you get stuff

English 302 teaches you theory, principles, and processes of effective written communication typically encountered in business and the professions. Students will have an extensive writing practice in standard letter and memo forms, short proposals, policy and procedure descriptions, job descriptions, application letters, résumés, autobiographical précis, performance reviews and evaluations, and letters of recommendation.

English 309: Report and Proposal Writing

The class that helps you ask for stuff

English 309 is a course that focuses on writing proposals and reports. You can expect to research methods, analyze readers, design layouts, and study drafting and revision procedures. “Just about everyone working in organizations needs at one time or another to write proposals and reports,” says Freed.

English 313: Writing for the World Wide Web

The class that teaches you how to make a website

English 313 introduces you to basic web design theory from three perspectives: rhetoric, informatics, and aesthetics. The course uses these design principles to explore the process of developing a modest website from initial idea and client analysis to site structure, HTML coding, and page layout.

English 314: Technical Communication (for majors)

The class you take to make sure this is the major you want

English 314 introduces you to what technical communicators do. It gives you an overview of the editing process, proposal writing, documentation, and commonly used software. Course projects include preparing a resume, shadowing a professional at work, and writing an instructional document for a technical device.

English 314: Technical Communication (for nonmajors)

Communicating in the workplace rather than for the classroom

You will investigate communication conventions and formats in your discipline and adapt specialized material for a variety of purposes and audiences.

English 413: Composing Documentation and Instructional Materials

The class that helps you learn to write print and online instruction and manuals

English 413 introduces you to the rhetorical approach to the analysis, creation, testing, and production of instruction sheets, policy and procedure manuals, computer documentation, and other types of instructions. It covers both print and online instructional materials. You will learn about safety, ethical, and liability issues.

English 415: Business and Technical Editing

The class that gets at the nitty-gritty of editing

English 415 teaches you editing journal articles, research reports, technical manuals, newsletters, and proposals. Special attention is paid to editorial levels and styles, project management, editor-author relationships, and electronic editing.

English 416: Visual Aspects of Business and Technical Communication

The class that looks at visuals and design

English 416 introduces you to the rhetoric of visual elements in business and technical communication. You will learn about the issues in the design of text, charts, graphs, diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and other visual displays.