Students have up to 12 weeks to complete this course. This course will teach students the established basics for effective written composition in the business world and introduce them to such types of communication as processes, description of mechanisms, proposals, and reports. Students utilize usage exercises, quizzes, and a final usage exam to reinforce sentence clarity and effectiveness.

Please request a fee schedule for corporate and group rates.

Technical Writing (12 weeks)-- Fee: $119 usd


28 Lessons, including:

• Drafting Definitions
• Drafting Descriptions
• Describing a Process
• Revising for Coherence and Effectiveness
• Writing the Proposal
• Front Matter and Back Matter
• Writing the Formal Report

  Over 80 pages of Supporting Materials:

• 28 Lesson Reviews
• 9 Usage Reviews/Tests
• A Final Usage Exam
• The Writer's Handbook--covers topics such as common errors, active and passive voice, transitions, and more.
• A Discussion Area where you will interact with instructors and other students

General Information
Registered students will receive a password allowing them to access the course materials at any time. Students may access the lessons and content reviews, usage exercises, and reference pages as many times and as often as they wish.

Usage exercises and content reviews are completed online, and some assignments will be submitted directly to the instructor via e-mail. Students will receive instructor's feedback on submitted assignments via e-mail also.

Within one week of completing the course, students will receive a final assessment of their performance from the instructor. Students who earn a grade of C or above can request, by regular mail, a certificate of completion.

Requirements