Considers the historical, social, political, and economic contexts within which popular culture derives its significance. This workshop-based course involves STC students in preparing portfolios of their work in technical communication that are suitable for presentation to potential employers and other technical communicators. Topics covered include consideration of career goals, selection of entires and materials, portfolio organization and presentation, entry explanation, rhetorical approaches to presenting work, and user testing, among others. Types of practical writing considered may include newsletters, brochures, ghost speech writing, procedure writing, e-mail notices, manuals, etc. Managing projects,such as brochures,newsletters, video tapes, drama publicity, etc., under the direction of an advisor, client, and the course instructor.
Students generate proposals,progress reports, and give formal presentations on their projects.
Open to humanities majors only. Students should meet with the instructor before registering. An examination of the issues, goals, and scholarly methods of the discipline of rhetoric and technical communication. Required of all doctoral students in the Rhetoric and Technical Communication program. An examination of the cognitive processes that underlie our ability to comprehend and produce language.