ENGL2338

Weekly Course Calendar

ENGL2338: Technical Writing
Department of English
University of Texas at Arlington

Topics
- Introduction to Technical Writing
Week - Audience and Persuasion
- Citing Sources & Avoiding
1
Plagiarism
- Achieving an Effective Writing
Week Style
2
- Professional Job Application

Reading
- Gurak & Lannon: Ch. 1, 3
- Gurak & Lannon: Appendix A
- Purdue OWL: Writing as a
Professional Nurse
- Gurak & Lannon: Ch. 5, 6, 9
- Purdue OWL: Parallel
Structure

- Designing Documents
- Using Illustrations
Week - Instructions
3

- Gurak & Lannon: Ch. 7, 8, 13

- The Big Four: Contrast,
Repetition, Alignment,
Proximity
- The Four Basic Principles of
Design
- Gurak & Lannon: Ch. 12

- Editing and Revising

Week - Process Description
4
- Ethical Issues
Week
- Course Reflection
5

- Gurak & Lannon: Ch. 4

Assignments
- Weekly Discussion
- Exercise 1
- Assignment 1

- Weekly Discussion
- Exercise 2
- Assignment 2

- Weekly Discussion
- Assignment 3

Due Date
Sunday of Week 1, 11:59 pm

- Weekly Discussion
- Exercise 3
- Assignment 4

- Weekly Discussion
- Assignment 5

Sunday of Week 4, 11:59 pm

Sunday of Week 2, 11:59 pm

Sunday of Week 3, 11:59 pm

Friday of Week 5, 11:59 pm

Note: You should complete each weeks activities by 11:59 pm Central Time on the Sunday of that week, with the exception of Week 5,
which ends on a Friday.