Scientific and Technical Communication

Abstract

HU 3120, Scientific and Technical Communication, serves advanced undergraduate students who either intend to pursue a career in technical communication or who will use technical and scientific communication during the course of their professional and academic lives: that's you. The general purpose of this course is to prepare you for the kinds of professional communication (primarily writing) that you will do in your career, although the skills that you learn will be applicable outside of your professional community as well. More specifically, this course is designed to assist you in devdoping strategies for the following: • Planning, drafting, and revising your writing, individually and collaboratively; • Writing for a variety of audiences and purposes; • Creating online and/or oral presentations; • Designing your documents visually; • Editing and reviewing your own work and the work of others; • Communicating in an ethically responsible manner.