WRITING FOR PROFESSIONALS

EPD 702

Sharpen your ability to create, edit, review, and present information in an efficient, clear, and effective way for your audiences. Develop your presentation skills through a series of presentations related to your professional interests and work.

ESL 350

Workshop approached to writing students' fields, including dissertations, articles and research reports. Also covers general writing skills, documentation and genre-specific styles. Not open to auditors

EPD 704

Improve your problem solving within complex organizations, with a special emphasis on case studies and improving communication, using cross-disciplinary sources.

EPD 617

Develops skills necessary for engineering professionals to communicate technical and managerial information. Covers approaches for communicating to diverse audiences and for action-oriented purposes. Emphasizes communication problem solving and communication efficiency. Includes individual and collaborative projects using oral, written, and electronic media.

SPANISH 771

Overview of relevant academic genres through readings and extensive practice in writing, critiquing and editing. Genres include conference paper writing and delivery; grant applications; how to prepare an article for submission, how to choose a journal or a press, and the editorial process from consideration of a manuscript until final publication; to prepare a dissertation proposal, write a dissertation chapter, and an abstract for the job market. Students will work on their choice projects throughout the semester.