Week

Topic

Lecture Notes/Reqd. Reading

Assignments

Week 1 

1/15-1/17

Course Intro

Week 2     

1/20-1/24

Intro to Prof Writing

313 In a Nutshell: General Intro

Fundamentals of Administrative Writing

The Importance of Ethos

Simplest Steps to Improving Writing

Working In Groups

Peer Review Guidelines 

Memo/Email Format

Idjits Guide to Email

Due In Class Tues:
A) Skills and Experience Worksheet

B) Evaluating Your Communication
 

 Draft Due In Class Th: 
Introductory Memo/Email (typed draft)

Final Draft of Intro Memo/Email Due Fri by 1:00 PM, Brink 200

Intro Memo Evaluation Sheet

Intro Memo Example

Intro Memo Example 2

Week 3

1/27-1/31

Reader Benefits

Fundamentals of Administrative Writing

Extrinsic And Intrinsic Benefits

Intrinsic Benefit Examples

Writing In Groups

Email Group Description Due Tues 1/28 by 5:00 PM.

Audience Analysis Assignment

Essay Outline

Essay Example: 40 Year Lifespan Cap

Policy Essay Evaluation Sheet

Group Email Due 5 pm Th

Week 4       

2/3-2/7

Audience Analysis and Reader Benefits

Analyzing Three Separate Audiences

Adapting Messages to Audiences

Drake's Machiavellian Guide to Operant Conditioning

Bring Draft of Sections to Class Tues
Bring Draft of Essay to Class Th

Essays Due 5 pm Friday

Policy Essay Evaluation Sheet

Week 5   

2/10-2/14

Policy Letters And PowerPoint

Heuristics: Good, Bad, and Ugly
Goodwill Philosophy

Power Point Tips

PowerPoints

Week 6    

2/17-2/21

Policy Letters

You Attitude

You Attitude Sentences

Vandal Pride Pass vs.Vandal Pride! Example

Business Style

Informative Message Formula

Policy Letter Example (Use As Formatting Template)

Review Draft of One of the Two Letters Due in class Th.

Two Policy Letters 

Final Draft Due Fri. 5 pm

(turn in graded copy of essay with letters please)

Policy Letter Evaluation Sheet (one per letter)

Week 7       

2/24-2/28

Evaluation/Persuasion

Writing Evaluations

Evaluations And Basic Business Writing Skills

Group-work Evaluation Memo

Group Work Evaluation Survey

Common Basic Evaluation Outline

Group Evaluation Example

Persuasion 101: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Writing to Multiple Audiences

Evaluation Memos: Final Draft Due Friday, 5 pm. Include Two Final Copies
 

Group-work Evaluation Memo

Group Evaluation Cover Sheet

Week 8

3/3 – 3/7

Persuasion

Adapting Messages to Audiences

Format As Rhetoric

Persuasive Letter Basics and Outline
It's All About Training Animals

Block-Format Persuasive Letter Example

Persuasive Example

Persuasive Example

Persuasive Example

Some things to think about. . . 
Conflict Resolution
The Nike Discourse
 

Review: You-Attitude

Bring Review Draft to Class Th
Final Draft Due Th 5 pm:
Persuasive Letter Assignment

Persuasive Letter Cover  Sheet 

Week 9       

3/10-3/14

Resumes

Resumes and You Attitude
Resumes as Persuasive Writing
Resume Process
Skills and Experience Worksheet
Tom's Resume Formatting FAQs
Resume Verbs
Resume Examples Resources And Links 

Week 10       

3/17-3/21

Week 11     

3/24-3/28

Resume

Cover Letters

And/Or Letters of Recommendation  

Cover Letter Basics
Organizing a Solicited Job Cover Letter
Cover Letter Grammar
Letters Of Recommendation
Cover Letter Example

Resume and Cover Letter Assignments

Matching Skills Worksheet

Week 12    

3/31-4/4

Resume/Cover Letter Conferences

Resume/Cover Letter Conferences

Resume/Cover Letter Conferences

Week 13 

4/7-4/11

Resume/Cover Letter Conferences

Resume/Cover Letter Conferences

Resume/Cover Letter Conferences

Week 14

4/14-4/18

Resume/Cover Letter

Negative

Clarity Through Simplicity

Negative Letter Headspace 

Intro to Negative Messages

Reactance

Negative Letters to Superiors

Goldilocks Approach to Mea Culpas

Resume and Cover Letter Drafts In Class Tues

Resume and Cover Letters Due In Class Th

Cover Letter Evaluation Sheet

Resume Cover Sheet

Week 15       

4/21-4/25

Negative Letter Checklist

Negative Letter

Refusal or Neg. Letter to Peers/Subordinates

Negative Letter Examples:     
Head Removal
A-Team
Pimp My Jet    Your Pimpy Jet

Negative Letter Draft Due Th. in Class

Negative Letters Due Th. 5 pm

Negative Letter Assignment

Negative Letter Eval. Cover Sheet

Week 16 

4/28-5/2

Negative

Parting Words  

Week 17    

5/5-5/9

Self Evaluation   by 5 pm Thursday

Week 18

5-12-5/16