Rhetorical Strategies for Workplace Communication

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Professional and Technical Writing (ENGL 30503) at UArk
• Chapter 1: Introducing Technical Writing
• Chapter 2: Ethics in Technical Writing
• Chapter 3: Setting Your Course Goals
• Chapter 4: Tracking Your Course Goals
• Project 2: Career Documents
• Chapter 5: Applying to Jobs
• Chapter 6: Tailoring Job Materials
• UARK Cares Foundation Community Improvement Grant
• Project 3: Problem Primer
• Chapter 7: Explore Potential Problems
• Chapter 8: Research a Technical Writing Problem
• Chapter 9: Design and Run a Pilot Study
• Chapter 10: Synthesize and Report Research
• Project 4: Collaborative Grant Proposal
• Chapter 11: Create a Grant Proposal
• Chapter 12: Remix Research for a Public Audience
• Chapter 13: Write a Transmittal Letter
• Project 5: Course Reflection Memo
• Chapter 14: Reflective Writing for Technical Communication

Welcome to Professional and Technical Writing (ENGL 30503) at the University of Arkansas!

Professional and Technical Writing is an undergraduate-level course intended to prepare students for the writing they are likely to do in the future, especially writing they are likely to do in the workplace. In English 30503, students extend their prior knowledge of rhetorical situations, genre conventions, research, document design, and writing processes to practice common workplace writing genres like correspondence, proposals, and reports.