TECHNICAL WRITING

Course Overview

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This

course focuses on the practical and

skillful application of formal composition in
various professional fields (i.e. commerce,
business, industries and the likes).
It encompasses pertinent topics that permit
the blending of conventional and modern
views anchored to equip the students with
fundamental knowledge in writing business
correspondence, documentation and other
technical reports presented in a systematic,
logical, scientific and comprehensible format.

COURSE OUTCOMES / OBJECTIVES

At

the end of the semester, the

students are expected to:
Compose

various types of resumes,

business proposals, office correspondence,
technical reports and graphical
documentation / analyses;
Familiarize with the essential concepts,
methods and techniques in constructing
the aforementioned pieces of writing;

COURSE OUTCOMES / OBJECTIVES (CONT.)

Enhance

mastery in writing using

English as well as improving the linguistic
and grammatical competence essential for
producing effective, understandable and
well-presented compositions;
Develop sense of professionalism,
systematic and logical values, and critical
thinking.

DEFINING TECHNICAL WRITING

the

act of communicating, through writing

whatever you think and feel about your job,
business, industry, profession and
organization.

written discourse involving varieties of

people, products, services, topics and
expressions that are unique, special or
exclusive to a particular job characterized
by diversity and multiculturalism.

DEFINING TECHNICAL WRITING

(CONTINUED)
Takes

place within a writers field of

profession or area of discipline composed of
readers who are familiar with the technical
writers subject matter and writing style.
a.k.a. on-the-job writing, professional
writing, business writing or occupational
writing.

HOMEWORK
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics or properties of
Technical Writing:
Accurate
Procedural
Clear
Special
Formal
Diversionary
Graphical
Straightforward
Objective
Authoritative
Practical
Presentable
2. Identify the importance of Technical Writing in terms of the
following:
Completion of task Increase of income
Facility of work
Security of records
Means of job promotion
Improvement of personality traits
Improvement of interpersonal relationship