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This document outlines the course objectives, credit hours, instructor details, expected learning outcomes (CLOs), recommended textbook, class attendance policy, assignment deadlines and distribution of marks, and lecture topics for a Technical and Business Writing course offered at Riphah International University. The course aims to develop students' technical and business writing skills through assignments like letters, CVs, book reviews, reports, and a term paper. It covers various genres like letters, emails, CVs, executive summaries, meeting minutes, proposals, and research papers. Students must attend 75% of classes and will be evaluated based on assignments, class participation, a quiz, and mid and end term exams.

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Riphah International University: FC SE

This document outlines the course objectives, credit hours, instructor details, expected learning outcomes (CLOs), recommended textbook, class attendance policy, assignment deadlines and distribution of marks, and lecture topics for a Technical and Business Writing course offered at Riphah International University. The course aims to develop students' technical and business writing skills through assignments like letters, CVs, book reviews, reports, and a term paper. It covers various genres like letters, emails, CVs, executive summaries, meeting minutes, proposals, and research papers. Students must attend 75% of classes and will be evaluated based on assignments, class participation, a quiz, and mid and end term exams.

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Riphah International University

FC
SE
Course Title : Technical and Business Writing
Credit hours :3
Course Instructor : Awais Bin Wasi
Designation : Assistant Professor, Department of English
E-mail : [email protected]

Course Objective:

 To acquaint the students with the fundamentals and various types of


technical and business writing

 To develop an effective and clear writing style

 To enable the students to do correspondence, write short reports and


other important business messages usually required in an organization

At the end of this course, student would be able to:

CLO1: know the essentials of technical and business writing

CLO 2: do business/professional correspondence (C2)

CLO3: compose grammatically/technically correct business writing (C5)

CL04: write short reports, meeting minutes, memoranda (C5)


CLO4: Write research papers (C 5)
.

Recommended Books:
 Technical Communication:Process and Product by Sharon Gerson and
Steven Gerson

References: Internet and Reading Material


Class Attendance: 75% class attendance is mandatory to appear in examinations

Distribution of Marks:
S. Task Description Marks Deadline
N
o
1. Assignments 1: Published Letters to Editors 15 April 30
2. Assignment 2: Cover Letter and CV 10 May 5
3. Assignment 3: Book Reviews 10 May 10
4. Assignments 4: Term Paper 15 May 20
5. Attendance & Class Participation 10
6. Quiz 10
7. End Term Exam 20

Lecture Details

Week: 1

Topic: Essentials of Technical and Business Writing

Details: The Writing process: prewriting, Writing and Rewriting, Need and significance of Business
Communication, Main forms of Business Communication , Difference between business and other forms
of wirings, prominent features of business communications,

Activities: To brainstorm on certain ideas and put them in writing


To identify the most recent forms of technical business writing

Week: 2

Topic: Effective Business Letters-1

Details: Essentials parts of a business letter, forms and styles of modern Business letter, Comparing good
and bad examples of business letters, Widely Known formats of letter: Indented Form, Semi Block Form,
Block Form, Full-Block Form

Activities and Tasks: To rewrite the letters after making required grammatical correction

Assignment: To write 15 letters on the themes assigned by the teacher

Week: 3

Topic: Effective Business Letters/emails-2

Details: Kinds of Business Letter: Inquiry Letters, Order Letters, Claim/Complaint Letter, Apology
Letters, Official Invitations, Thanks Letters, Resignation Letters, Letters of Recommendation, Identifying
various types of correspondence: very informal, very formal, neutral, informal, formal, very formal
Week: 4

Topic: Cover Letter

Details: The main purpose(s) of a Cover Letter, Structure and Format of a Cover Letter, Reviewing the
best specimens of Cover Letters,

Week: 5

Topic: CV Writing

Details: The main purpose of a CV, Key Characteristics of an Effective CV/Resume, Various Formats of
CV, Typical Errors in CV Writing, Comparing and Reviewing good and bad examples of CVs/Resumes

Week: 6

Topic: How to write an Effective Executive Summary?

Details: What and Why of an Executive Summary? Steps/Processes involved in writing an Executive
Summary, language and style, What not to include in the summary?, Strategies to make the summary
clearer and concise, Editing and revising, checklist of an Executive Summay, Analysis of the best
examples of Executive Summaries

Week: 7

Topic: Report Writing

Details: What is a report and how is it different from other forms of writing? Stages/Steps in writing a
report, Terms of reference, planning your report, collecting information, organizing information,
structuring a report, style of writing, layout, presentation, redrafting and revising, Checklist

Week: 8

Topic: Memoranda of Understanding

Details: What is an MoU and why is it significant? Possible situations to write an MoU, Steps involved in
writing an MoU, Structure, layout and language of an MoU, Best samples of MoUs and their analysis

Week: 9

Mid Term Exam


Week: 10

Topic: Writing Meeting Minutes

Details: The purpose of Minutes, Steps involved in writing Minutes, Language and style of Minutes
Different Formats for writing minutes ,What should be included and What not to include in the Minutes,
Minutes writing process, Analysis of various specimens of meeting minutes

Week: 11

Topic: Proposal Writing

Activities and Tasks: What is a proposal? The purpose and significance of writing a proposal, Types of
Proposals, Essentials elements and structure of a proposal, language, style and format, presentation of
data, checklist of a proposal

Week: 12

Topic: Research Papers

Details: What is a Research paper? Structure and Format of a Research paper, In-Text citation, references,
language of a research paper, Difference between Abstract and Introduction, language and style, Citation
styles

Quiz

Week: 13

Topic: How to make an Effective Oral Presentation

Week: 14

Topic: Presentations

Details: The students will make presentations in groups on the assigned theme

Week: 15

Topic: Presentations

Details: The students will make presentations in groups on the assigned theme
Week: 16

End Term Exam

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