Technical and Professional
Communication Committee
Minutes – November 16, 2005
Members Present: Joyce Rothschild, chair; Beth Fletcher, Keith Gibson,
Chris Keirstead, Betsy Smith
1. Assessment of ENGL 3040:
Technical Writing and ENGL 3080: Business Writing
Joyce Rothschild distributed
the Intended Educational Outcomes for students taking ENGL 3040 and
3080 and the worksheets the Committee has used to evaluate Outcomes
1 and 2. She plans to redesign the forms to eliminate duplication and
design issues with the current forms.
The Committee has 20 reports
and 20 sets of instructions collected in Spring 2005 to evaluate. Joyce
will distribute these before the end of the semester. We agreed that
Will Brinkley, the graduate student on the Committee, should participate
in the evaluation process.
2. Textbook selection
We reviewed the Textbook
Policy for ENGL 3040: Technical Writing and ENGL 3080: Business Writing.
We agreed to raise the number of choices to 3 (item 4).
Keith Gibson will chair the
ad hoc committee for text review. The process will begin in early Spring
and selections will be made before book orders must go in (late March/early
April).
3. A look ahead
After the assessment of ENGL
3040 and 3080, the Committee will discuss possible changes to each course
and take into consideration the student population in the courses, including
majors represented and writing requirements.
Submitted by
Betsy Smith
11/17/2005
