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Lamphear, Lynn – ABCA Bulletin, 1980
Describes the components and teaching procedures that constitute a semester course in business writing at a university. (RL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Sawyer, T. M. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Business Communication, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides
Peer reviewedSimpson, Mark – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1986
Describes and recommends the use of rhetorical cases and K. Burke's pentad for teaching communication strategies. (SRT)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Course Content
Peer reviewedPatterson, John – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1986
Describes a course in which technical writing students write letters to themselves stating goals they want to accomplish within the next 10 years, which the teacher promises not to read and to mail to them in exactly 10 years. Discusses purposes and actual results of assignment. (EL)
Descriptors: Course Content, Education Work Relationship, Letters (Correspondence), Objectives
Bannister, Barry – ABCA Bulletin, 1980
Reports on the development of communication studies, particularly business communication, in the Australian community college context. (RL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Community Colleges, Course Content, Educational Development
Ballantyne, Ver Don W. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, Expository Writing
Winkler, Victoria M.; Mizuno, Jeanne L. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1985
Describes the four general categories of advanced technical writing courses: genre courses, general communication courses, rhetorical theory or history courses, and courses that use special pedagogical techniques or focus on a certain aspect of technical communication. Discusses implications for planning advanced courses. (HTH)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Woolston, Donald C. – Engineering Education, 1984
Microcomputers are used in a technical writing course to enhance instructor and student productivity, improve the quality of student writing performance, and prepare young engineers for future on-the-job communication tasks. Describes the microcomputer facility, software, and activities included in the course. Also provides information on the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Course Content, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Atkinson, Ted – ABCA Bulletin, 1983
Discusses the merits of doing institutional research with a business writing class and outlines the process for completing such a project. (AEA)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCampbell, Gloria – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1986
Describes a four-week business communication course in which students visited companies. They prepared a formal report describing the companies in general terms, the activities they engaged in on the visit, and the presentations they made at each of the companies. (EL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Course Content, Higher Education
Roundy, Nancy – Technical Writing Teacher, 1981
Describes the organization and the benefit of using the team-teaching approach in a technical writing course for chemical engineering students. (RL)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Engineering Education
Minor, Dennis E. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1975
Describes a technical writing course that meets the needs of students in English and the sciences. (RB)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Peer reviewedJones, Ann D.; Stevens, Eleanor – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1986
Outlines a method for compiling information from secondary sources without assigning lengthy research papers in both business communications and principles of marketing classes. (SRT)
Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Skills
Chavarria, Linda Stout – Technical Writing Teacher, 1982
Provides a rationale for the workshop format in teaching technical writing. Discusses the benefits in areas such as motivation, audience awareness, and voice development and provides an outline for workshop sessions. Sessions include editing writing by others, writing a short paper, and group interaction. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Course Content, Higher Education, Student Motivation
Smith, Barbara – Technical Writing Teacher, 1981
Offers advice on how to incorporate assignments in formal and semiformal oral communication into the technical writing course. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Higher Education
