ENG 131 Week 1

We went over the syllabus, introduced ourselves, and discussed the following (most of Chapters 1 and 3):

1. what technical writing (communication) is
2. the characteristics of good technical writing
3. the technical writing process

Since we will be doing job-application materials in a couple of weeks, you might want to start collecting the information you'll need: job titles, responsibilities, dates for employment and education, etc.