WRIT 3672W is also offered in Spring 2024
WRIT 3672W is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2017 | WRIT 3672W Section 040: Project Design and Development (52583)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Science Teaching Student Svcs 530B
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Students study, plan, research, design, and develop technical communication print documents, including documentation, brochures, and newsletters. Workplace project processes. Develop production-quality documents. prereq: Jr or sr
- Class Description:
- Students study, plan, research, design, and develop technical communication print documents, including documentation, brochures, and newsletters. Introduction to workplace project processes. Emphasizes developing production-quality documents. Learning Outcomes By the end of the course you will be able to? ? Understand the stages of project management: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing. ? Apply management principles to achieving strategic communication goals. ? Examine and implement systemized processes for the design of successful information (audience analysis, user scenarios). ? Develop communication products that achieve performance objectives; i.e., analyze communication needs, establish performance objectives, develop a plan for managing the process, develop the components of the planned communication solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the effort. ? Give and receive feedback designed to improve the clarity, focus, and effectiveness of written documents. Receive instructor feedback on drafts of writing assignments and submit revised assignments based on feedback. Grading Documentation 18% User Manual (18 pages) 18% Promotional Brochure (2 pages) 18% Training Presentation (10 slides) 18% Final paper (3-4 pages) 18% Class Participation 10%
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: Documentation 18% User Manual (18 pages) 18% Promotional Brochure (2 pages) 18% Training Presentation (10 slides) 18% Final paper (3-4 pages) 18% Class Participation 10%
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
10% Demonstration
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
15 Homework Assignment(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52583/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 August 2013
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