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ENGL-3764: Technical Writing

Description: Principles and processes of effective written communication of technical information. Strategies for analyzing various workplace communication situations, adapting to audiences, evaluating online content, understanding ethical dimensions of research, and composing technical discourse, including organizing visual and verbal information. Practice in writing, individually and collaboratively, instructions and procedures, proposals and reports, correspondence, and presentations. Junior standing.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 395

Average GPA: 3.67 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 64.65%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.55%

Lum Sidouane Patcha202489.7%7.9%0.5%0.8%0.5%0.5%3.8619
Alice F Kinder202458.7%31.4%6.9%1.4%1.1%0.6%3.4135
Brooke E Covington201970.8%26.3%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.652
Ghazal Saeidfar202484.6%8.3%3.5%0.0%3.5%0.0%3.702
Jonathan M Adams202084.6%7.7%7.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.751
Stephen D Mooney202483.3%11.2%2.8%0.7%0.3%1.6%3.7843
Carl N Bean202145.6%31.5%12.9%4.2%2.9%3.0%3.1317
Traci L Gardner202470.5%17.4%4.7%1.7%1.8%3.9%3.5752
Priyanka Ganguly202277.9%20.5%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.743
Allison B Hutchison201971.4%21.4%7.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.511
Katie B Brooks202091.0%2.4%2.2%0.0%2.2%2.1%3.823
Katherine M Gray202379.5%12.8%1.7%0.0%0.5%5.5%3.7910
Jennifer Barton202179.6%16.6%2.7%0.0%1.1%0.0%3.7011
Matthew J Homer202289.0%7.1%0.8%0.8%2.3%0.0%3.807
Meng Yu202382.3%13.5%1.2%0.8%1.7%0.4%3.7112
Laura A Fehr202374.1%21.8%1.9%0.8%0.7%0.6%3.687
Derek Mueller202064.2%33.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%3.632
Jennifer L Mooney202483.0%11.2%1.3%1.1%2.7%0.9%3.7212
Leslie Neilan202361.0%31.0%5.5%0.0%2.5%0.0%3.435
Jenna D Zan202291.0%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.912
Robert H Canter202262.6%18.8%6.3%0.0%12.5%0.0%3.111
Cheyenne R Franklin202188.3%5.9%0.0%0.0%5.9%0.0%3.711
Mark R Armstrong202392.7%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.1%1.2%3.9236
Justin Lewis202283.4%5.6%5.6%0.0%0.0%5.6%3.821
Steve Oakey202474.9%20.3%2.9%0.5%0.9%0.5%3.5910
Kelly Scarff201965.5%27.8%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.602
Vanessa L Ruccolo202492.6%5.3%0.7%0.0%1.5%0.0%3.8714
Amilia N Evans202388.3%3.7%5.4%0.0%1.7%0.9%3.776
Zana K Combiths202058.3%36.3%3.8%0.8%0.0%0.8%3.476
Webson Lakela C Atkinson202345.5%31.7%5.2%3.4%4.2%10.2%3.226
Savannah P Murray201977.8%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.6%3.841
Brian Gaines202285.5%8.8%1.1%0.0%4.7%0.0%3.705
Andre Jones202494.2%0.0%0.0%3.0%3.0%0.0%3.762
Margaret B Fernandes202194.7%5.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.931
Andrew L Smith202283.7%10.3%3.5%0.0%2.6%0.0%3.676
Sherri E Craig202385.3%13.1%0.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%3.813
Franchini Jennifer Sano202293.4%2.6%4.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.874
Andrew M Kulak201969.0%23.3%7.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.532
Michelle M Wagnon202390.9%4.2%1.8%0.6%0.0%2.4%3.888
Sarah L Cozort202392.9%7.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.932
Olayemi B Awotayo202485.1%6.1%4.2%1.4%2.0%1.3%3.707
Chloe Jade Robertson202386.4%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.843
Megan L Bronson202491.5%5.4%0.8%0.8%1.6%0.0%3.856
Marissa Buccilli202381.1%9.5%7.9%0.0%1.5%0.0%3.673
Kira G Morse202476.2%21.5%0.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%3.692
Serena D Gilbert202447.6%47.6%4.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.411
Edward A Lautenschlager202485.1%7.5%6.2%0.0%0.0%1.3%3.754
Cana U Itchuaqiyaq2023100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Cassandra R Hockman2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.981
Julie L Mengert201978.9%21.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.651
Shuvro Das202481.9%13.7%2.3%0.0%0.0%2.3%3.802
Georgia K Natishan201971.4%28.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Summer II 2019Winter 2019Summer I 2020Winter 2020Summer I 2021Winter 2021Summer I 2022Winter 2022Summer I 2023Winter 2023Fall 2024Term050% W