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 commonly has as its audience students from the College of Business (finance, marketing, transportation logistics, accounting, and management majors) and from departments such as Agricultural Business, Textiles and Clothing, and Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management. English 302 traditionally emphasizes such documents as memos, letters, brochures, proposals, short reports, and websites—with a focus on customer-oriented, managerial, and employment-related writing.

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

Communicating in the workplace rather than for the classroom

English 314 generally has as its audience students from the College of Engineering (electrical, mechanical, industrial, and chemical engineering majors) and from departments such as Computer Science, Economics, Agronomy, Forestry, and Animal Ecology. English 314 traditionally emphasizes such documents as instructional and procedural manuals, proposals, short and long reports, and websites—with a focus on technically oriented and disciplinary communication for both expert and lay 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.