WRTG 427 Course Description (Winter 2018)

An intensive course in testing and emending texts, designs, and digital forms of technical communication, but also in coaching writers to respond to complex writing situations. Students get intensive reviews of grammar, editorial markup, digital markup, principles of style, format, graphics layout and publication management, along with practical rhetorical training in responding to clients and presenting test results and feedback. Typical projects also include client consulting where students test and give feedback on documents and digital communications for clients, as well as editing markup assignments and tests.