ENGL 2116 sec. 082 Syllabus (2021)
Assignments
Canvas Access
WEEK 1
May 24th: Introduction to the class
May 25th: Critical Technological Awareness
May 26th: Audience, Purpose, and General Introduction
May 27th: Résumé Stuff (bad, better, alternative)
***Don’t forget the extra résumé reading here (for NEXT CLASS)
Very interesting resume
WEEK 2
May 31st: Memorial Day–No Class (just review)
Revising Prose Reading (pdf)–read for June 1st
June 1st: Plain Language and Prose Revision
Résumés and Cover Letters DUE
June 2nd: More on Revising Prose
June 3rd: Review Prose Revisions
Next Week: Technology in a Social Context (pdf)–read for next week
WEEK 3
June 7th: Effective Documents for Users
Prose Revisions DUE
June 8th: Final Project and Research Discussion
June 9th: Technology in a Social Context
Set of Instructions DUE
Midterm Preview–Go to Canvas for Prose Revision Review (available after due date)
June 10th: Midterm Exam (open on Canvas 8:00 am-11:00 pm; one hour and thirty minutes to do it once you start)
WEEK 4
June 14th: Information Design
I, Robot Essay Topics
June 15th: Proposals, Marketing, and Rhetoric
June 16th: I, Robot Discussion
June 17th: More I, Robot and Science Fiction in a Technical Communication context Discussion
I, Robot essay Due (DUE Friday, 6/18)
WEEK 5
June 21st: Ethics and Perspective Discussion
Proposal, Visual, and Annotated Bibliography DUE
Read Huff’s “How to Lie with Statistics” on Canvas
June 22nd: More on Ethics
June 23rd: Portfolios
Ethical Dilemmas DUE
June 24th: Presentations–please do Canvas Survey
Portfolios DUE
WEEK 6
June 28th: Presentations
June 29th: Final Exam (open on Canvas 8:00 am-11:00 pm; two and a half hours to do it once you start)