[ATTW-L] Course Learning Objectives for Introductory tech comm courses

[Allegra Smith]

Hi there,

Here are the outcomes for our two service courses at Purdue University
(ENGL 420 Business Writing and ENGL 421 Technical Writing, respectively).


*ENGLISH 420 (Business Writing)*
English 420 helps students become better business writers, across multiple
global audiences, for multiple purposes, and in a variety of media. The
work of the course is centered on presenting business-related material in
written and visual formats that demonstrate an awareness of audience needs
and contexts, effectively achieve implicit and explicit rhetorical
purposes, and work to effectively address workplace, social, or global
problems.

*ENGL 420 (Business Writing) Course Outcomes*
By the end of this course, students will be able to:

   - Use professional writing theories and approaches to analyze and solve
   business problems individually and in teams
   - Communicate market-driven information and organizational processes via
   a variety of media, genres, technologies, and presentations to a range of
   audiences and stakeholders
   - Innovate written conventions and expectations to both professional and
   non-professional audiences with changing organizational needs
   - Apply primary and secondary research methods and strategies to produce
   professional documents
   - Design documents with an awareness of the human needs of users, paying
   special attention to accessibility, cultural diversity, and global
   sensitivity
   - Interpret, contextualize, explain, and visualize data sets in specific
   rhetorical contexts or problems


*ENGLISH 421 (Technical Writing)*
English 421 helps students become better technical writers, across multiple
global audiences, for multiple purposes, and in a variety of media. The
work of the course is centered on presenting technical material in written
and visual formats that demonstrate an awareness of audience needs and
contexts, effectively achieve implicit and explicit rhetorical purposes,
and work to effectively address workplace, social, or global problems.

*ENGL 421 (Technical Writing) Course Outcomes*
By the end of this course, students will be able to:

   - Use technical writing theories and approaches to analyze and solve
   problems individually and in teams
   - Communicate complex technical information, processes, and procedures
   via a variety of media, genres, technologies, and presentations to a range
   of audiences and stakeholders
   - Adapt written genre conventions and expectations to both technical and
   non-technical audiences with changing organizational needs
   - Apply primary and secondary research methods and strategies to produce
   technical documents
   - Demonstrate awareness of both the technical and human needs of users,
   paying special attention to accessibility, cultural diversity, and global
   sensitivity
   - Interpret, contextualize, explain, and visualize data sets in specific
   rhetorical contexts or problems


_____________________________________________________________________
*ALLEGRA W. SMITH*
PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Director, Professional Writing Program
Department of English
Purdue University
http://allegra-w-smith.com/

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:52 PM Mark Crane <craniac at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I have two weeks to fine tune the learning outcomes for our introductory
> tech comm course.  I would love to see your outcomes, if you have access to
> them.  I realize these are chaotic and busy times, thank you.
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