a.
Knowledge and Understanding:
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Define effective scientific and technical communication in the workplace by actively participating in writing activities, both individually and collaboratively.
2-
Recognize, explain, and use the rhetorical strategies and the formal elements of specific genres of technical communication, such as technical abstracts, data based research reports, instructional manuals, technical descriptions, web pages, wikis, and correspondence.
b.
Intellectual Skills:
1-
Develop professional format features in print, html, and multimedia modes, as well as use appropriate nonverbal cues and visual aids.
2-
Identify and edit effectively in all assignments, including informal media (such as email to the instructor).
c.
Professional and Practical Skills:
1-
Apply technical information and knowledge in practical documents for a variety of professional audiences (including peers and colleagues or management) and public audiences.
d.
General and Transferable Skills:
1-
Demonstrate professional work habits, including those necessary for effective collaboration and cooperation with other students, instructors, and, if applicable, Service Learning contact representatives.
2-
Use professional writing strategies: Direct order organization, objective voice, unbiased analysis and summary, and use of transitional devices to create coherence.
