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UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (BCA)


DEGREE PROGRAMME
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024

Year: II Semester: IV
Technical Writing 220S4B
Common for B.C.A. , B.Sc.-SA , B.Sc.-CSc , B.Sc.-CSc-wAI , B.Sc.-CSc-wDS
Credits 2 Lecture Hours: 2 per
week
Learning Objectives: (for teachers: what they have to do in the class/lab/field)
 This course is designed to guide students towards rhetorical, professional, and
compositional competencies necessary to ethically and effectively create and analyse
technical documents and communication.
 Technical communication competency will be accomplished through a structured
exploration of professional/technical contexts and through the production of several
documents and projects typical to many forms of technical writing
Course Outcomes: (for students: To know what they are going to learn)
1. Students will learn to analyse communication-related problems and develop solutions
through the composition of technical documents from a number of genres and within
several settings (i.e., print, web, interactive software) and contexts (e.g., academic,
corporate, non-profit, governmental).
2. Students will explore rhetorical and professional strategies in order to discover howto
clearly identify and address audiences and stakeholders, organizational contexts, and
ethical concerns in the act of communication
Units Contents
What is technical writing?Difference between technical writing and other forms of
I writing. Qualities and qualifications of technical writers.

End products of technical writing.professionalsinvolved-projectmanager/editor,writers,


II graphic artists; liaison with product engineers/scientists and clients.

Roles and responsibilities of writers, editors/project managers.7 Cs of effective


III writing:Document formats – hard and soft copy versions designs.

Principlesoftechnicalwriting;stylesintechnicalwriting;clarity,precision,coherenceand
IV logical sequence in writing.

Stages of Technical writing. Document development process, Technical documentation,


V Planning, Tools, architecture, templates, content development, technical reviews,
editorial reviews. Quality control.

Books for References


1. Technical writing style by – Dan Jones , Sam Dragga
2. Handbook of Technical writing by- Walter.E.ollu -1976
3. Technical Writing by- Serena Henning
4. Technical writing process by – Kieran Morgan and Sanja Spejic -2015
5. A guide to technical writing by – T.A. Rickard

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