21W.794
Graduate Technical Writing Workshop
Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: —
Level: G 3 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.
IAP version: for students who took Grad Writing Skills Exam last fall. Focuses on improving ability to communicate technical information. Through a combination of lecture, assignments, in-class writing exercises, and workshops, we will cover the basics of abstract writing, conventions of academic/technical writing, and working with sources: using sources effectively, summarizing & paraphrasing, citing, quoting, avoiding plagiarism. NO LISTENERS
You must attend all three meetings. No rescheduling is possible. NO LISTENERS
Contact: Nick Altenbernd, 14E-303, x3-7894, altenb@mit.edu
Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Mechanical Engineering students (a few may want to go to another section).
Thu Jan 19, Wed Jan 25, Fri Jan 27, 09am-12:00pm, 2-143
Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Aero-Astro students, and Chemical Engineering students.
Thu Jan 19, Wed Jan 25, Fri Jan 27, 01-04:00pm, 2-143
Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Civil-Environ Engr students, Media Studies students, and Nuclear Engineering students.
Mon Jan 23, 30, Wed Feb 1, 09am-12:00pm, 2-147
Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Supply Chain Management students, and TPP-ESD students.
Mon Jan 23, 30, Wed Feb 1, 01-04:00pm, 2-139
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21W.798
Independent Study in Writing
Letter Writing
William Corbett
Mon Jan 9 thru Fri Jan 13, 01-03:00pm, 2-143
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 15 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: —
Level: U 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit
Primarily for students pursuing advanced writing projects with the assistance of a member of the Writing Program. Students electing this subject must secure the approval of the director of the Writing Program and its Committee on Curriculum. Normal maximum is 6 units; exceptional 9-unit projects occasionally approved. HASS credit awarded only by individual petition to the Subcommittee on the HASS Requirement; minimum of 9 units required for HASS credit. 21W.798 is P/D/F.
For the IAP offering of this subject, approval of the Writing program Director and Committee is NOT required. Simply pre-register for IAP. A lottery at the beginning of the first meeting will determine the class list. You must be in attendance.
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.
Contact: Nick Altenbernd, 14E-303, x3-7894, altenb@mit.edu
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