Technical writing is communication written for and about business and industry, focusing on products and services: how to manufacture them, market them, manage them, deliver them, and use them.  Technical writing is about understanding and meeting the needs of your audience.  This includes writing/explaining clearly to enhance audience comprehension, researching the content and structure for enhanced presentation of information, developing the ability to display ideas with both words and graphics, and the process of problem solving, writing, revising, and editing, to ensure all information is accurate and clearly communicated. This course is founded on the premise that knowing how to use language in various oral and written forms builds skillS in research, in reasoning, and in problem solving. Emphasis is placed on student ability to produce coherent texts, demonstrate the ability to revise and improve such texts, and write a formal proposal. 

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