Most graduates entering the workplace have to learn during their first year or so of work.
Those who are already facile in technical communication when they enter the workplace have a big advantage. The nature of the problem is not specific to physics, and applies to those going to graduate or professional school, as well as those going directly into the work force. Physics Bachelor's recipients in the private sector and in government rated technical writing as much more frequently used than knowledge of physics or of advanced mathematics. It is intended to give science students the opportunity to practice the important career skills of writing, speaking, and analysis- skills that are not emphasized in the standard undergraduate science curriculum. The course will teach writing via frequent short assignments, with rewriting after feedback from the instructor.