Ideal for students who have mastered the basics of HTML and would like to further explore the theory and practice of writing in a hypertextual environment. Tasks engage students in the lifecycle of electronic text creation, search, and retrieval. Presents concepts of reusability, metainformation, documentation, interoperability, and encoding schemas. Students build skills to create a range of persuasive documents including proposals for research grants, responses to requests for proposal, and government proposals. Includes collaborative writing, interviewing, and conflict resolution, and computer-mediated group work.
Students edit writing samples from a variety of technical fields.
Students work in computer laboratory with instructor on designing individual projects using current audio and video design applications. ENG 601 Develops critical thinking on ecological issues for problem solving by integrating technical information, human values, and communication with environmental change. Students combine theory, research and models, case studies, visual thinking, and scientific inquiry for application in individual decision-making course project. Demonstrates ability to conceive and execute an extended writing project with professional graphics and to make an oral and visual presentation of the work. With graduate advisor, student selects a faculty advisor, faculty reviewer, and external reviewer.