21W.794
Graduate Technical Writing Workshop
David Custer
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 50 participants.
Listeners welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: —
Level: G 2 units Standard A - F Grading
Draft a thesis proposal, thesis chapter, journal article, progress report, or specification, and review basics of engineering writing. Sessions cover the processes of organizing and drafting professional papers, improving writing style, and revising documents. Students determine own projects; each project increment receives instructor's editorial suggestions.
Please note that each of these sections meets for 3 DAYS -- please see revised schedule for each section.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/21w794/www/794syllabus.html
Contact: Nick Altenbernd, 14E-303, x3-7894, altenb@mit.edu
Civil Engineering
David Custer
Mon Jan 8, Thu Jan 11, Tue Jan 16, 09am-12:00pm, 2-131
Aero, Engr, Chem Engr, MLog, Nuc Engr
David Custer
Mon Jan 8, Thu Jan 11, Tue Jan 16, 01-04:00pm, 2-131
Mech Engr and Tech Policy
David Custer
Tue Jan 9, Fri Jan 12, Wed Jan 17, 09am-12:00pm, 2-131
Ocean Engr, Media Studies
David Custer
Tue Jan 9, Fri Jan 12, Wed Jan 17, 01-04:00pm, 2-131
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21W.798
Special Topics in Writing
Letter Writing
William Corbett
Mon Jan 8 thru Fri Jan 12, 01-03:30pm, 56-169
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 15 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: —
Level: U 3 units Graded P/D/F
The letter is perhaps our most ubiquitous yet least studied form of writing. Letters can be intimate or business-like, treasured or tossed out, paper-based or digital. Letters permit us to write in a range of voices and styles, and can give us a privileged insight into another person's view of life. We will read and discuss some published letters by several well known authors, and we will practice this supple art form by writing letters of different kinds. Copies of letters written by the class will be shared for discussion about form and style. This activity is the first of a series of activities and communication-intensive subjects developed by MIT in memory of Constantine B. Simonides, Vice President of MIT and Secretary of the Corporation. Among Constantine's many gifts to his children, family, colleagues and friends were his letters, written to celebrate, counsel, console, or simply converse in another form. The rich insights, personal warmth, and wide ranging knowledge he expressed in these documents demonstrate the continuing value of letters as an enduring and irreplaceable form of human communication.
Contact: Nick Altenbernd, 14E-303, x3-7894, altenb@mit.edu
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