Hello CEE Majors,
I’m excited to announce that the College of Engineering has partnered with the Department of English to offer two dedicated sections of one of English’s most requested courses, ENGL 288, Introduction to Professional & Technical Writing, for COE students. Communication has been identified by COE alumni and employers alike as one of the most valuable professional skills to your career success.
For CIVE and ENVE majors, ENGL 288 will satisfy the Technical Writing Requirement. If you decide to take ENGL 288, please email ceadvice@uw.edu once you are registered so we can make the appropriate update to your degree audit.
You can learn more about the goals of the course below:
This course aims to help you learn skills to communicate effectively and efficiently in your professional life. The course introduces you to the rhetorical principles and composing practices necessary for writing basic professional and technical documents, designing and analyzing technical research, and communicating about technical issues in common documents such as policies, processes, and reports.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, you will become familiar with:
- theory—understand major theories of the dimensions of technical writing
- inquiry— explore, experiment with, and invent a variety of writing genres in which original ideas combine with suitable and effective expression
- practice—persuasive written, oral, and visual arguments, organize ideas and language effectively to address specific readers and meet specific purposes
ENGL 288 Section A:
https://sdb.admin.washington.edu/timeschd/uwnetid/sln.asp?QTRYR=AUT+2023&SLN=14831
ENGL 288 Section G:
https://sdb.admin.washington.edu/timeschd/uwnetid/sln.asp?QTRYR=AUT+2023&SLN=14837
CEE Undergraduate Advising
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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University of Washington
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