Writing and Rhetoric 3326: Legal Writing is an introduction to legal analysis and writing. It is offered at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, a Holy Cross liberal arts university of approximately 4,300 students, mostly undergraduates. This course focuses on applied rhetoric, and is designed to give undergraduate students experience in…

A graduate-level course focused on original research proposals is introduced to address the uneven preparation in technical writing of new chemistry graduate students. This course focuses on writing original research proposals. The general course structure features extensive group discussions, small-group activities, and regular in-class…

As public relations professions advance toward new media platforms, one traditional tool--the backgrounder/position paper (more technically termed white paper) remains a compelling vehicle to impart enduring professional competencies. Moreover, the skills requisite to produce a white paper can be deployed in a variety of new and traditional media…

As one of four options under English 105 at Western Michigan University, the course "Writing and Science" is intended to help students become better communicators as they enter college. The first assignments are in technical writing--descriptions of a mechanism, a process or a mechanism in operation, and a behavior. Emphasis in these exercises is…

Student publications can be used in teaching editing and writing skills in technical writing courses. (RB)

Illustrates how business communication courses fit into tertiary business studies programs generally and recounts the evolution of such courses at Nepean College of Advanced Education in Sydney, Australia. (AEA)

Outlines a basic writing skills course and provides statistics drawn from an existing course at San Diego State University concerning students' performance in the areas of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. (FL)

Describes a twenty week one half-credit elective course for seniors on sending and receiving technical communications. (DD)

Describes the development of a course in organizational, as opposed to business, writing and its advantages and disadvantages. (AEA)

In this program, engineering students who have proven to be excellent writers are trained to give individual help to other students. (BB)

Presents guidelines for teaching grammar and business communication theory and principles in a basic course in business-letter writing. (KS)

Presents outlines and objectives of two inservice, eight-week seminars on effective writing and oral presentation designed for an engineering firm. (AEA)

Discusses requirements in a business communication course that force students to become responsible for correct spelling. (AEA)

A distinction is made between legal research instruction and instruction in the art of drafting legal papers. The need for the latter is outlined, and efforts to implement such a course at the Indiana University School of Law are described. Available from University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843. (MSE)