Graduate Technical Writing
Advanced Formatting Skills
for Academic and
Professional Writers
Course Outline
Graduate TECHNICAL WRITING
(4 Weeks Only)
Technical Skills
Technical writing is about formatting proposals for highly-specific needs. It includes,
Writing Surveys
Cover Letters
Essays
Theses
Progress Reports
Abstracts
Memos
Graphs
Project or Grant Proposals
Articles
Research Papers
Every university student needs one or more of the skills included here.
Textbooks:
How to Write Reports and Proposals, by Patric Forsyth
Fundamentals of Technical Writing, by Patricia A. Robinson
How to Write Psychology Reports and Essays, by Bruce Findlay
Doing Social Science Research(Qualitative Research), by Simeon J. Yates
Asking Question(for Quantitative Research), by Sudman & Bradburn
Guidelines for Writing and Preparing a Manuscript for International Publication,
J.L. Tinoco-Jaramillo