The
aim of this course is to introduce issues of research and scholarship
within the area of professional writing. This introduction will be based
upon inquiry into the terms, theories, methodologies, and histories of
professional writing. As an area of growing interest to the rhetoric and
composition community, professional writing offers a rich territory for
our exploration. Consider our possible investigations of workplace communication
studies; the teaching of business, technical, and scientific writing;
technology and its influence on communication practices; relationships
between the university and corporate communities; and the development
and administration of undergraduate and graduate professional writing
programs.
Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary texts, we will investigate the discourses and practices of professional writing. Students will be expected to apply our course readings to pedagogical and research-based projects. In both f2f and online discussion formats, we will work through the pedagogical and theoretical implications of our course readings on our work as teachers, administrators, and scholars. To build on this emphasis, students will produce both a practical project and a researched seminar paper investigating an aspect of professional writing.
Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary texts, we will investigate the discourses and practices of professional writing. Students will be expected to apply our course readings to pedagogical and research-based projects. In both f2f and online discussion formats, we will work through the pedagogical and theoretical implications of our course readings on our work as teachers, administrators, and scholars. To build on this emphasis, students will produce both a practical project and a researched seminar paper investigating an aspect of professional writing.
Tatlin.
Monument to the Third International. 1920.
