OTH 505 - Professional Writing

2 Hour(s)

OTH505 is a class designed to prepare students to become effective communicators in professional practice. Students will learn the skills that promote effective communication in any professional context and adapt these techniques to meet the demands of various audiences in the contemporary workplace. This course will introduce principles of effective writing and promote strategies for both improving and streamlining the writing process. Issues specific to professional writing will be considered. One important component of the course is to advance students’ “socialization” in the field, that is, to advance the understanding of the norms for personal communication. This process will be facilitated with a careful survey of reading and writing strategies specific to scientific discourse. Students will then adapt the strategies explored to a variety of audiences. Being able to communicate ideas clearly in many contexts (from conferences to correspondence with colleagues to meetings with clients) will be central to students’ professional success.

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Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MOT program.