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Copies$of$What$is$TC?$topic$sheet$
Copies$of$literacy$narraAve$assignment$
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Whenever$you$communicate$with$others,$you$are$trying$to$change$their$minds.$I$
dont$mean$necessarily$geMng$them$to$believe$something$dierent$than$they$did$
before.$Instead,$I$mean$that$you$are$trying$to$aect$the$way$they$are$thinking$right$
now.$Maybe$you$want$to$change$belief,$maybe$to$get$them$to$do$something,$maybe$
just$to$get$them$to$like$you.$Before$you$can$change$a$mind$the$way$youd$like,$
though,$you$need$to$understand$where$the$mind$is$now.$You$cant$plot$a$course$to$a$
desAnaAon$unless$you$know$where$you$are$now.$In$this$course,$we$will$learn$about$
how$to$read$the$minds$of$our$readers$and$then$change$them$with$our$
communicaAons.$

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I$am$an$assistant$professor$in$LMC.$I$previously$worked$15$years$as$a$pracAcing$
aUorney,$almost$a$decade$as$chief$sta$ocer$of$a$small$IT$company$in$the$nonWprot$
sector,$and$before$that$in$communicaAons$roles$with$a$large$local$trade$associaAon$
and$an$internaAonal$management$consulAng$rm.$I$got$my$PhD$at$the$University$of$
Minnesota$in$Rhetoric$and$ScienAc$and$Technical$CommunicaAon.$My$research$$
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QuesAons:$
Name$of$my$last$pet,$a$cat$who$died$of$kidney$failure$at$18,$a^er$we$treated$him$
with$insulin$twice$a$day$for$10$years$for$his$diabetes.$
The$only$professional$sport$that$maUers$(in$my$opinion).$
Where$I$got$my$undergraduate$degree$in$LinguisAcs$and$Scandinavian$Studies.$I$
studied$Swedish$and$would$love$to$pracAce.$
My$oce$number$in$Skiles.$Right$across$the$hall.$
The$country$I$have$not$yet$visited$that$I$would$most$like$to.$Italy,$Greece,$and$
Turkey$share$close$second$posiAons.$

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You will share your communication background with me this

week.
We will learn about genre in the technical and professional
workplace during the next two or three weeks.
We will do hands-on work to learn techniques for reading the
minds of users of a product leading to a group assignment that
you will submit late in September
You will then put it together in a final project, which you will work
on for most of the rest of the semester.
Along the way, you will write memos to me, communicate with the
whole class, and help each other in small groups

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The$asterisk$indicates$an$assignment$that$you$may$revise$if$you$want$to$get$a$beUer$
grade.$Youll$receive$the$nal$project$porholio$back$from$me$on$11/29,$and$you$will$
be$able$to$make$revisions$unAl$2:05$p.m.$on$December$9.$

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Page$number$refer$to$the$syllabus$as$of$August$12.$
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NOTE:$YOU$NEED$TO$GO$TO$THE$WEB$SITE$TO$FIND$THE$LINKS$ON$EACH$TOPIC$SHEET.$
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