Technical Communication II

This capstone course draws on the knowledge and skills you acquired in the core courses. You will work on one big project the entire quarter, which will involve project estimating and scheduling, project management, information gathering, audience analysis, writing, editing, and more. There will be lectures and assignments to deepen your understanding of critical concepts as well as discussions of workplace issues and portfolio review. Have an idea for a portfolio-worthy project for the first week.

Note: Course should be taken toward the end of the Technical Communication program. All other required courses in the certificate program are required before enrolling. This online course is instructor-led, not self-paced, but can be completed at any time of day. Please see Extension.ucsd.edu/online before enrolling.

 

Course Number: WCWP-40154
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Technical Communication

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9/23/2019 - 12/7/2019

$395

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• SECTION ID:

  142300

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online, Web-based instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Boyd, Anita

  Anita Boyd has been a technical communicator for over 35 years. Starting as a proofreader for a company that developed hardware and software, she moved up quickly to a position as a technical editor. After several years, Boyd transitioned to a position as a technical writer. She has held technical editing and writing positions in a few industries, but the majority of her work has been focused on documenting user software. Along the way, Boyd has seen her profession change a great deal. When she started, all editing was marked on hard copy manually, then typeset by a professional typesetter. Today, she works for Qualcomm, applying the principles of Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and minimalism to highly technical content. Boyd enjoys collaborating with her engineer...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Technical Communication (textbook or ebook) 12th
  by Mike Markel and Stuart A. Selber
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781319058616

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  Prerequisite required.
  No refunds after: 9/27/2019.
  1st no meeting date: 11/11/2019.
  2nd no meeting date: 11/28/2019.
  3rd no meeting date: 11/29/2019.
  

• NOTE:

  This is an online course. You will have access to your online course on the published start date. The login URL/website is ucsdextension.blackboard.com. Your username and password is your email address on record with UCSD Extension.This is the capstone classes. Students must pass all classes for their certificate before enrolling in this course.NO CLASS MEETINGS: NOV 25 - DEC 1

• DATE & LOCATION:

  9/23/2019 - 12/7/2019
  ucsdextension.blackboard.com
  You will have access to your course on the published start date.