Written Communications III

This course is designed to assist students in the planning and completion of formal reports (research papers and/or technical reports) for a specific audience. The emphasis, in order to achieve this goal, is on the steps and strategies associated with the process of producing first class reports. The areas to be covered may therefore include the information search, some formal report organizing techniques, the composing of the report, the conventions of style and format, some specific problem-solving approaches, and certain tips on how to handle the appropriate report-writing correspondence.