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Learning Technical Writing: Creating An Opportunity For Engineering Undergraduates, Debbie Morrow
Learning Technical Writing: Creating An Opportunity For Engineering Undergraduates, Debbie Morrow
Debbie Morrow
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An undergraduate engineering program emphasizing hands-on learning and close interaction with engineering industry, including mandatory three terms of co-op employment, can find it challenging to build writing skills into its curriculum, too. Grand Valley State University has established its mission on principles of liberal education that permeate all of its programs, and on an overarching commitment to student success, academically and in transition to the work world. GVSU’s School of Engineering (SoE) has struggled to design and offer a writing-intensive experience that benefits Engineering majors and adequately prepares them to meet the needs of future industry employers in …