Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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AL 320  Technical Writing

Description:
Principles and practices of effective writing in the workplace. Technical, scientific, and electronic-mediated writing. Includes audience and organizational needs, visual rhetoric, information design, electronic publication, ethics, technical style, usability testing, and team writing.
Effective Dates:
FS02 - US04


WRA 320  Technical Writing

Description:
Principles and practices of effective writing in the workplace. Technical, scientific, and electronic-mediated writing. Includes audience and organizational needs, visual rhetoric, information design, electronic publication, ethics, technical style, usability testing, and team writing.
Effective Dates:
FS04 - FS04


WRA 320  Technical Writing

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I writing requirement.
Description:
Principles and practices of effective writing in the workplace. Technical, scientific, and electronic-mediated writing. Includes audience and organizational needs, visual rhetoric, information design, electronic publication, ethics, technical style, usability testing, and team writing.
Semester Alias:
AL 320
Effective Dates:
SS05 - US09


WRA 320  Technical Writing (W)

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I writing requirement.
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Professional Writing major or approval of department.
Description:
Principles and practices of effective writing in the workplace. Technical, scientific, and electronic-mediated writing. Includes audience and organizational needs, visual rhetoric, information design, electronic publication, ethics, technical style, usability testing, and team writing.
Semester Alias:
AL 320
Effective Dates:
FS09 - FS12


WRA 320  Technical Writing (W)

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Department of Forestry or in the Professional Writing major or approval of department.
Description:
Principles and practices of effective writing in the workplace. Technical, scientific, and electronic-mediated writing. Includes audience and organizational needs, visual rhetoric, information design, electronic publication, ethics, technical style, usability testing, and team writing.
Semester Alias:
AL 320
Effective Dates:
SS13 - US15


WRA 320  Technical Writing (W)

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(WRA 202) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Department of Forestry or in the Professional Writing Major or approval of department.
Description:
Principles and practices of effective writing in the workplace. Technical, scientific, and electronic-mediated writing. Includes audience and organizational needs, visual rhetoric, information design, electronic publication, ethics, technical style, usability testing, and team writing.
Semester Alias:
AL 320
Effective Dates:
FS15 - SS17


WRA 320  Technical Communication (W)

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(WRA 202) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to students in the Professional Writing Major and open to students in the Department of Forestry and open to students in the Experience Architecture Major or approval of department.
Description:
Principles and practices of communicating technical information for different audiences and purposes, and across multiple media. Methods of audience-based research, information design, project management, and technical style (verbal and visual).
Semester Alias:
AL 320
Effective Dates:
US17 - US19


WRA 320  Technical Communication (W)

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
WRA 202 or WRA 260
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students in the Experience Architecture Major or in the Forestry Major or in the Professional and Public Writing Major or approval of department.
Description:
Principles and practices of communicating technical and procedural information for different audiences. Methods of audience-based research, information design, project management, and technical style.
Semester Alias:
AL 320
Effective Dates:
FS19 - FS22


WRA 320  Technical Communication (W)

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Description:
Principles and practices of communicating technical and procedural information for different audiences. Methods of audience-based research, information design, project management, and technical style.
Semester Alias:
AL 320
Effective Dates:
SS23 - Open