Course title Report Writing Skills
Instructor Dr. Ayyaz Qadeer
Course Code HUM 102
Credit Hours 3
Semester Fall 2022
Pre-requisite None
Office Hours (08:30-1130) Monday to Friday
COURSE OUTLINE
2 Objectives The aim of Report Writing Skills is to meet the basic
needs of students in scientific or technical fields. In
this age of information technology where
professionals and organizations have enhanced
interaction than ever before, our professionals must
be equipped with necessary tools of writing and
communicating technically sound, accurate, and
clear information. The forms of these
communications may include letters, memos,
emails, proposals, reports, advertisements, manuals
and so many other things.
Technical writing, like any form of communication,
is an interactive process that involves writers and
readers who respond to one another. Technical
writers create documents, employing expository
devices like definition, description, explanation and
analysis, to persuade readers to take action or make
decisions. Consequently, efficient technical writers
must have:
A clear understanding of the subject matter
A thorough understanding of the targeted
audience(s)
A strong mastery of the required tools and
forms of technical writing
The course is geared towards empowering the young
professionals with the dynamics of technical writing
in a systematic, practical, and participatory manner.
They are taught and trained how they should switch
over from literary style, which is imaginative and
subjective, to technical style, which is clear, precise,
direct, targeted, and objective. After completion of
this course, students should be able to:
Identify characteristics of technical writing
Know the processes and stages of technical
writing
Analyze audience
Understand and practice technical exposition
techniques such as definition, description,
explanation, and analysis
Know techniques of technical research
Carry out technical/business correspondence
of all sorts: letters, memos, reports, manuals,
proposals etc.
Design and format reports according to
established conventions
Be able to use graphs, tables and illustrations
Demonstrate effective presentation skills
using AV aids
3 Methodology The above mentioned course objectives will
be materialized through different modes of
class interactions i.e.
Class lectures
Class discussions, Presentations
Seminars
Report writing projects
4 Text Book (Author, title, Text Book(s):
publisher, publication year):
Daniel G. Riordan, Technical Report Writing
Today, 2012.
Reference Book(s):
Basic Technical Writing by Herman M.
Weisman, 5th Edition
Technical Writing: Process & Product by
Sharon J. Gerson & Steven M. Gerson Third
edition
5 Topics of the Course Week 1-2
Elicit students expectations from the course
after pair discussion ** Introduction to the
course, characteristics of T writing (from CH
1 and some extra material through handouts)
o Quiz 1
o Class activity Regarding writing
skills
Week 3
Chapter 2
Audience Analysis: Reading response
Activity/Assignment
Week 4
Chapter 3: Technical Writing Process
o (discussion using slides),
o Exercise ( page 77-80)
Week 5
Chapter 4: Technical Writing style
Quiz 2
Week 6
Technical Writing style (Continued)
(assignment:2)
Week 7
o Punctuation and Grammatical
errors (Appendix B)
Week 8
o Punctuation and Grammatical
errors (Appendix B)
Week 9
Chapter 5: Researching
Week 10
Mid-term Examination
Week 11
Preparing letters, memos, emails: Form &
Content, & resume’
Assignment 3
Week 12
Design elements of report
o Formatting & visual aids
o Activities on page 157-158, Final
Report to be assigned
o Quiz 3
Week 13
o Informal Reports, types and
differences
Week 14
Formal reports
o Planning the oral report/ Aids etc
o Quiz 4
Week 15
Strategies for effective oral presentation
Assignment 4
Week 16
Oral Presentations
6 Computer Usage Students are required to work on MS Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint.
7 Practical/Project/Research Informal Report Writing
Work
8 Course Grades Mid-term 25%
Terminal Examinations 50%
Quizzes, Assignments, 25%
Case studies and
Project Reports
Total 100%
9 Curriculum updated/reviewed Unknown
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