Welcome to TCOM 2010 – Technical Writing
TCOM 2010 covers the basic organization, style, and mechanics of technical writing. The course includes practice in producing such typical technical documents as descriptions, instructions, proposals, and reports.
Course Goals
Students will learn to do the following:
- Analyze reader(s) and situation(s)
- Apply principles of document design
- Organize information
- Write rough drafts
- Edit rough drafts to improve
- Technical accuracy
- Readability
- Conciseness
- Completeness
- Organization
- Clarity
- Prepare appropriate graphics
- Apply ethical principles to decisions about technical documents
Contact Information
Dr. Jonathan Arnett
- Email: jarnett@spsu.edu
- Office: J-127
- Office Hours: by appointment
Course Textbook
Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century (2nd edition)
by Dobrin, Keller, & Weisser
ISBN 978-0-13-503174-2