All Courses
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WRD204-011: Technical Writing (Spring 2022)
Technical Communication, unlike the academic writing that you are more used to, is the study of how professionals utilize their expertise and offer informed opinions to colleagues and clients in the professional world. And as such, this is a course that focuses on applied knowledge and the technical genres that make it usable. Outside of the university setting, engineers, scientists, and other subject-matter experts (SMEs) are asked to regularly communicate technical details and precise findings to invested audiences through a variety of texts, formats, and genres. To do this, most SMEs have established a precise and structured style – with standardized conventions and expectations – to inform and influence a broader public. Through these genres and norms, technical writers are able to drive social change and empower others in the wider world. These conventions make things happen.
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WRD 110-093: Comp and Comm I (Fall 2021)
As a foundational course in the UK Core, Composition and Communication I utilizes critical inquiry and research to help you refine your speaking and writing skills and prime you for a successful academic career at the University of Kentucky. This class, alongside WRD 111/CIS 111, at its core, should prepare you to make credible and effective arguments regardless of whether you are speaking in class, presenting lab results, or writing a capstone report for your major. Throughout the semester, I will encourage you to build on the communication skills you have and develop effective rhetorical arguments on a variety of issues. To do this, you will conduct in-depth research and learn how to communicate effectively to a broader audience through a variety of modalities (written, spoken, visual, etc.). Over the course of the semester, class members can expect to work independently, with a partner, or with a small group of classmates to investigate, share findings, and craft arguments, as well as to practice and evaluate interpersonal and small group dynamics in a collegiate setting. And through this, you should develop a greater appreciation for the rhetorical theory, academic genres, and communicative skills at the center of our course.