Workplace performance is judged not only on your technical abilities, but also on your ability to communicate knowledge (in writing and speaking) to colleagues, clients, and the general public. Very often, an engineer's natural competence in their specialist field can make them poor communicators since they often disregard their intended audience, become over-technical in their descriptions, and leap from one complex concept to the next without building the reader's understanding. Therefore, to assist you both professionally and personally in pursuing your CSS degree, CSS301, "Technical Writing for Computing Professionals" is part of the CSS core curriculum. You will learn to:

• Analyze the communication situation fully and acurately.
• Organize a document.
• Reveal the organization of your communications.
• Write several specific kinds of technical documents.
• Demonstrate a clear, concise, and accurate writing style.
• Design usable, clear, persuasive, and accessible documents.
• Collaborate effectively with your peers.
• Recognize a variety of technical writing forms.
• Revitalize your knowledge of grammar from a technical writing perspective.

Remember, do not allow non-CSS students in the labs (most importantly so they will not consume our resources). If resource consumption is abused, your lab fee will be increased.