Technical Writing

Exam Content:
This exam focuses on a reading list drawn from four core courses and two concentration areas. The core courses covered on the exam are Production and Publication Methods, Modern Rhetorical Theory, Technical Editing, and Technical Writing: Theory and Practice. You must choose two concentration areas (e.g. desktop publishing, hypertext, style) and provide a bibliography of five to ten articles for each area. These bibliographies are due at the review meeting scheduled 4-6 weeks prior to the exam.

The exam consists of several essay questions in each of the core areas and in all of the chosen concentrations. You must answer four questions: one question from three of the core courses, and one question from one of your chosen concentration areas. You must satisfactorily respond to three of four questions to pass the exam.