English
290 Syllabus
Spring
2001
Class
Communication and Publishing Venues
Week 1 January 16 and 18
Topic: Course Overview; Communication/Publishing Protocols
Writing: UNM email and web accounts; 290 listserv, practice uploading
and retrieving text and html files.
Assignment Handout 1—UNM account
Assignment Handout1.2 --- Listserv instructions
Document
Design
Week 2 January 23 and 25
Topic: Resumes and Zines
Tuesday Reading: job sites
o Tuesday Writing:
biographical data chart, printout of job description
Assignment
Handout 2—Job Description and biographical information
Thursday Reading:
www.unm.edu/~english/writing/professional/
o Thursday Writing:
Listserv discussion of zine and resume ethos and design
Assignment
Handout 2.2 ProPenCity
Discussion
Week 3 January 29 and
February 1
Topic: Principles of Visual Design
Reading: Robin Williams
Writing: Redesigned ad; Williams quizzes
Assignment
Handout 3 Redesign of an Ad and
Quiz
Week 4 February 6 and 8
Topic: resumes and cover letters
Reading: Harty
Writing: Print and ASCII resumes, cover letter draft
Assignment Handout 4 Resumes and Cover Letters
Week 5 February 13 and 15
Topic: Catching Up, Planning Ahead
Writing: Final Resume Packet
Business
and Technical Writing
Week 6 February 20 and 24
Topic: Business Writing
Reading: Harty
Writing: business genres
Week 7 February 27 and March
1
Topic: Business Writing
Reading: Harty
Writing: business genres
Week 8 March 5 and 8
Topic: Technical Writing
Reading Savage and Sullivan
Writing: listserv reports on readings and ProPenCity application
letter
Week 9 March 13 and 15
SPRING BREAK
Week 10 March 20 and 22
Topic: Technical Writing
Reading: Savage and Sullivan
Writing: Definition of technical writing
ProPenCity
Planning Project
Weeek 11 March 17 and 29
Topic: Propencity project planning
Writing: Gaant chart and job descriptions
Week 12 April 3 and 5
Topic: More ProPenCity plans:
Writing: contracts--group and individual
Prose
Style
Week 13 April 10 and 12
Topic: Peanut butter prose
Reading: Lanham
Writing: exercises, progress reports
Week 14 April 17 and 19
Topic: clarity and grace
Reading: Joseph Williams
Writing: exercises, progress reports
Week 15 April 24 and 26
Topic: ProPenCity Work Due
Week 16 May 1 and 3
Topic: Winding Up
Note: Guest
speakers will make appearances in class at times yet to be scheduled. You will
write three speaker reports, each due two days after the presentation.