Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Community College of VT/Technical Writing & Research (FA19)

This course examines the principles and methods of technical writing. Students explore a variety of methods and approaches for creating technical texts, including documents that demonstrate proficiency in the writing of reports, correspondence, manuals, proposals, articles, and specifications. Students will incorporate layout integration and document design into technical documents, including page-design elements suitable for both electronic and print materials. Demonstrate information literacy skills: distinguish between and utilize both primary and secondary sources; perform library and web-based literature searches; and evaluate data and resources for credibility, reliability and validity.