Spring 2027

Professional and Technical Communication in Biotechnology

This course applies and analyzes professional scientific communication in biotechnology, focusing on designing written and oral documents like reports and presentations for complex, data-rich content.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Natalie Betz

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.94 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Communicate technical and scientific information in biotechnology contexts

  • Evaluate and select the most appropriate communication strategies (modalities, methods, tools, and practices) to convey complex ideas effectively to diverse audiences

  • Demonstrate effective listening, written, verbal, and nonverbal communication skills

  • Design and deliver effective professional presentations

  • Analyze and integrate scientific literature into a variety of professional genres

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Applied Biotechnology program

  • Declared in Applied Biotechnology program
ABT 710 used by

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  • Declared in Applied Biotechnology program

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.94 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

NATALIE BETZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 1000

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.94 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Professional genres: reports, proposals, presentations, and documentation
  • Selecting communication strategies for diverse audiences

Skills

  • Professional scientific communication in written and oral forms
  • Designing documents for complex, data-rich technical content
  • Analyzing and integrating scientific literature into professional genres

Grades

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ABT 710 · Spring 2027

Professional and Technical Communication in Biotechnology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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