ENGL 3120 - Document Design

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

English

Description:

Required of English majors pursuing an emphasis in Professional & Technical Writing, and open to students who wish to create effective professional documents for the workplace. Successful students will demonstrate competence in all aspects of document design, including (but not limited to) the following: overall organization and layout; usability theory, application and testing; data organization and display; visual rhetoric (the use of color, size and white space); and theories of writer-based and reader-based writing. Also examines existing research on how different readers process information in different ways. Students will write their own technical documents, for both print and online contexts, in order to apply knowledge learned in class. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Apply basic design principles when creating and revising documents. 2. Produce a variety of documents in print and electronic formats appropriate to audience and purpose. 3. Analyze existing documents for contemporary design principles as well as for the rhetoric embodied by the designs. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) or ENGL 2010A (Grade C or higher). SP

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

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