TCM 320 is a required course for majors in Computer and Information Sciences and a selective for several other School of Science majors. The course is also open to students from other schools and programs. In this course you will examine and write documents for audiences in academic disciplines and for audiences in organizational contexts.
The online section, available to a limited number of students, is conducted within the Oncourse environment. Here is a snapshot of the course and the required assignments.
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Getting Started
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Unit 1
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Unit 2
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Unit 3
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Before enrolling in this course, you should
Please make sure that you have time available in your schedule to make the most of this distributed learning course. Students often find a course of this type takes more self-discipline and perhaps more time than a traditional course, not necessarily because of the technology but also because of the project based learning aspect of the course. If you are working full-time and/or taking a full load of courses in addition to this section, give thoughtful consideration as to whether you will be able to engage in regular sessions of required online participation, as well as many hours of writing and revising your own projects and reviewing others' work, without being required to attend class meetings. Moreover, if you are not comfortable communicating with others online, without benefit of meeting face-to-face, you should consider the more traditional class section.Participation and active engagement online account for 30% of the final grade for the course.
To help assess your readiness to engage in a distance learning experience, I recommend you take a look at the questionnaire "Is Distance Learning for You?."
If you have questions about the class, please contact the developer.
Wanda Worley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Technical Communication
Phone: 274-0819
Office: ET 314-C
hwilkins@iupui.edu
Last Revised 31 March 2002