MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP 2014

IAP 2014 Subjects: Writing and Humanistic Studies


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:This course focuses on improving your ability to communicate technical information. Through a combination of lecture, assignments, and in-class writing exercises, we will cover the basics of working with sources, including summarizing & paraphrasing, synthesizing source materials, citing, quoting, and avoiding plagiarism. We will also cover how to write an abstract and a literature review.

You must attend all three meetings. No rescheduling is possible. NO LISTENERS.
Contact: Pamela Siska, x4-4858, pjsiska@MIT.EDU


Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Mechanical Engineering Students or others who need this time.
Tue Jan 14, 21, Thu Jan 23, 10am-01:00pm, E17-128


Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Aero-Astro students, Chemical Engineering students, or others who need this time.
Tue Jan 14, 21, Thu Jan 23, 02-05:00pm, E17-128


Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Civil/Environmental Engineering students, Media Studies students, Nuclear Engineering students or others who need this time.
Thu Jan 16, Wed Jan 22, Fri Jan 24, 10am-01:00pm, E17-128


Steven Strang, Pamela Siska
This section is for Supply Chain Management students, TPP-ESD students or others who need this time.
Thu Jan 16, Wed Jan 22, Fri Jan 24, 02-05:00pm, E17-128