Technical Communication for Computing Professionals

Catalog description

The course will consist of a study of formal and informal communications for computing professionals. Types of communications that will be examined will include academic conference and journal publications; power point presentations for technical and non-technical audience; writing clean code with comments; collaborative software development; soft skills for IT job interviews; in-house technical reports, progress reports, and email messages; writing blog posts and wiki articles. Some of these communications/documents will be created as an individual requirement and will be completed as a team project. Prerequisites: COSC 1437 with a C or better and Junior standing.