ENGLISH 3341: Business and Professional Writing

SPRING 2003--DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH--UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

ENGLISH 3341 • Business and Professional Writing
(SEC.12019), Wednesday, 7-10 p.m., West Houston Institute, Mason Road
DR. IRVING N. ROTHMAN, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
OFFICE: 232B-C, 743-2962; T/TH 11:30-1, 2:30-3, and by appointment; irothman@uh.edu

REQUIRED TEXTS:
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. N.Y. and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Pbk ISBN 0-393-31755-2 [GGS]
Brusaw et al. The Business Writer’s Handbook.
Rothman, Irving N. English 3341: Business and Professional Writing [Xeroxed packet].

READING SCHEDULE:

JAN
W	15	Introduction—The Sentence (Workbook 1-17)	GGS-1, GGS-12
W	15	The Résumé
W	15	Datasearch techniques [literature, technology, business]

W	22	The paragraph [Workbook, Session 2]	Workbook quiz due
W	22	Library • Technical standards and databases	GGS-3

W	29	Writing corporate procedures [Workbook, Session 7]	Resume due, GGS-4

FEB
W	5	Writing job procedures	Datasearches due [3], GGS-5

W	12	Drafting Memos and Memo Reports [Workbook, Session 4]	Procedures due, GGS-6

W	19	Drafting Memos and Memo Reports [Workbook, Session 4]	GGS-7

W	26	Preparing and Writing Reports [Session 5]	GGS-8
W	26	The Trip Report
W	26	The Vendor Surveillance Report

MARCH
W	5	Spring Vacation [No Class]	Vendor Surveillance Report due

W	12	The Optimization Report	Vendor Surveillance Rprt, GGS-9

W	19	The Monthly Report [Workbook 6]	Optimization Rprt due, GGS-10

W	26	The Feasibility Report [Workbook 6]	GGS-13

APRIL
W	2	The 10-K Financial Report [Library Research]	Feasibility report due, GGS-14

W	9	Correspondence [Workbook 4]	GGS-15, 16

W	16	Writing Technical Descriptions [Workbook 3]	Three letters due, GGS-18, 19

W	23	Writing for Journals and for Public Consumption	GGS-Epilogue, article [in class]

MAY
W	7	Final Examination, 7-10 p.m.

Grading system: All reports and the final examination bear equal weight. No assignments can be omitted.