{"id":109,"date":"2022-08-10T10:17:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2022-08-11T12:42:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:42:22","slug":"course-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/course-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-169 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/files\/2022\/08\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2022-08-12-04-40-03-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/files\/2022\/08\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2022-08-12-04-40-03-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/files\/2022\/08\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2022-08-12-04-40-03-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/files\/2022\/08\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2022-08-12-04-40-03-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/files\/2022\/08\/KakaoTalk_Photo_2022-08-12-04-40-03.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the course description, Technical Writing aims to equip students with the necessary skills for written and online communication used in a professional environment. Students are introduced to core concepts through course readings and activities that include both independent and collaborative tasks. There are three main assignments, including writing a formal report, application package and Web Folio. The smaller assignments are of collaborative or reflective nature (i.e. graded by the instructor and\/or reviewed by peers).<\/p>\n<p>The course is divided into four units, each containing three lessons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unit 1 includes an overall introduction and preparation for the course: building a student blog, understanding the principles of technical writing in business\/professional contexts, and organizing a writing team to collaboratively work on drafting a formal report.<\/li>\n<li>Unit 2 includes submitting a report proposal, exchanging peer reviews, and exploring online social networking in a professional environment, such as building an online profile or resume.<\/li>\n<li>Unit 3 includes writing an outline for the formal report, exchanging feedback with the writing team and instructor, and designing\/drafting an application package for a job, volunteering position or graduate school.<\/li>\n<li>Unit 4 includes the final stages of writing the formal report, incorporating the skills emphasized throughout all previous units.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am looking forward to learning the communications skills needed in a professional environment, especially because I am hoping to apply for a co-op position later this fall. Since it will be my first time applying for internships in Canada, I believe the course&#8217;s material and assignments will help me prepare for the entire job-hunting process. As an international student whose first language is not English, I am also interested in learning the specific writing style (i.e. vocabulary, grammar and\/or tone) that is expected from this course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the course description, Technical Writing aims to equip students with the necessary skills for written and online communication used in a professional environment. Students are introduced to core concepts through course readings and activities that include both independent and collaborative tasks. There are three main assignments, including writing a formal report, application package [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86654,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86654"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jeekim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}