The texts for the course--The Chicago Manual of Style, Dombrowski's Ethics in Technical Communication, and Fearing and Sparrow's Technical Writing: Theory and Practice--are referred to below as Chicago, Dombrowski, and Fearing, respectively; numbers after Fearing indicate pages to be read while numbers after the other two indicate chapters to be read. Quizzes on the assigned readings may be given at the beginning of class on any class meeting day.

Aug  20  Introduction to the course
         22  Fearing 14-25
         27  Fearing 33-42
         29  Fearing 43-52

Sep    3  Fearing 72-101
          5  Dombrowski 1-2
        10  Dombrowski 3
        12  Dombrowski 3 cont.
        17  Dombrowski 4
        19  Dombrowski 4 cont.
        24  Dombrowski 5; assignment 1 due
        26  Dombrowski 5 cont.

Oct    1  Dombrowski 6
          3  Dombrowski 6 cont.
          8  Dombrowski 7
        10  Mid-term Examination
        17  Chicago 1
        22  Chicago 2
        24  Chicago 3
        29  Chicago 4; assignment 2 due
        31  Chicago 5

Nov   5  Chicago 6
          7  Chicago 7
        12  Chicago 8-9
        14  Chicago 10
        19  Chicago 11
        21  Chicago 14
        26  Chicago 15-16

Dec   3  Chicago 17-18; long document due
          5  Review for Final Exam
        13  Final Exam (8:00-10:00); submit folder with all graded work at the end of the exam

Office Hours: MW 1-2; M 3-4; TR 11-12, 1-1:30, and 3-4; and by appointment.