How the Major Projects Connect, transcript on pageThe Major Projects in this course build upon one another. Naturally, the work you do on one project will help you do better on the next. Here's how the Major Projects connect.

Analysis of Writing in Your Field

You create a list of kinds of writing in your field and gather some basic details on how these kinds of writing work.

Proposal Memo

You choose a kind of writing from your Analysis list and write a memo that proposes examining that genre in your Recommendation Report.

Recommendation Report

You research the kind of writing you have chosen, explaining different perspectives on the genre, and then recommend the best strategies for composing it.

Research Poster

You present the findings from your Recommendation Report in a Research Poster, suitable for a Poster Presentation. 

User Manual 

You write instructions that someone could follow to complete the kind of writing that you have examined in your Recommendation Report and Research Poster.

Goal of These Assignments

This series of assignments focuses on how to research writing in your field and then determine how to complete anything you need in the workplace. Any time you need to write something, you can follow these same steps to figure out how the kind of writing works.


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