Course Description and Goals English 308 prepares you for a variety of professional and technical writing tasks. This course is rhetorically based so that you can determine how to write in any situation by analyzing the purpose, audience, and context; rhetorical aims will shape document preparation and design. In addition, you will be able to determine the most persuasive means of achieving your purpose and be able to adapt to the writing style of the workplace of your choice. You will develop an understanding of, and skills necessary for, writing in teams in organizational contexts. In addition to regular class attendance, you will be expected to devote a significant amount of time to reading, writing, and working on your project with others outside of class. This course is designed to provide you practice in: the identification of writing roles and of writing complications audience analysis report structure argument structure document design and layout writing for the World Wide Web revision strategies project management collaborative writing strategies   Assignment length and due date grade percentage Daily/Weekly Assignments 10% Resume and Cover Letters 10% WWW page 15% Process Project 15% Collaborative Group Project 50%   Course Policies Attendance Attendance is required. After three absences, you may be dropped from the course. If you do miss a class, you will be responsible for getting assignments from me and notes from a classmate. Missing a group editing session or scheduled conference counts as an absence. Plagiarism Even when unintentional, plagiarism is a serious offense. Conduct prohibited by the Code of Academic Integrity consists of all forms of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, and plagiarism. Plagiarism, as defined by the University Handbook for Appointed Personnel "means intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one's own work in any academic exercise." Students found guilty of violating the Code are subject to any one or a combination of the following sanctions: written warning; loss of credit for the work involved; reduction in grade; failing grade assigned in the course; disciplinary probation, suspension, expulsion; or other sanctions imposed by a University Hearing Board. Projects and Other Required Work Each project must be completed to receive a passing grade in the course. Please note that omitting any part of your project's portfolio (memos, progress reports), or missing an editing workshop or group conference, will result in a substantially lowered grade. Deadlines are negotiable only in cases of a documented medical emergency; without prior arrangements, late projects will be marked down one letter grade for every day they are late. Course Texts Available at ASUA Bookstore Markel, Mike. Technical Communication: Situations and Strategies,       5th ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. A Course Reader will be available at Fast Copy. Class Listserv To subscribe to the listserv, send mail to listserv@listserv.arizona.edu Leave the subject line blank. In the text area, type: subscribe 308tech@listserv.arizona.edu your name For example: subscribe 308tech@listserv.arizona.edu Lute Olsen If you need to establish a university internet account, which includes e-mail, telnet to the Addacct system. Instructor's Office Hours Coffee Plantation 153 University Avenue