Instructor

• Jong C. Park
• Email: park AT cs.kaist.ac.kr
• Office: CS Bldg. Room 2406
• Phone: x3541
• URL: http://nlp.kaist.ac.kr/~park

Office Hours

• Fridays 3:00pm ~ 5:00pm
• By appointment through e-mail
• Office: Room 2406 (CS Building)

Teaching Assistant

• Jin-Woo Chung
• Email: jwchung AT nlp.kaist.ac.kr
• TA office hour: Friday 16:00~17:30 & 18:30~20:00 (E3-1, 2421)
• Please email the TA before visiting the office.

Lecture Hours

• Mondays 13:00 ~ 15:45

Lecture Room

• Room 2112 (CS Building)

Textbooks

Primary Textbook

• Technical Writing: Principles, Stragegies, and Readings, 8th edition, Diana C. Reep, Pearson, 2011.

Secondary Textbook

• Reporting Techical Information, 11th edition, Ken W. Houp et al., Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Writing for Computer Science, 2nd edition, Justin Zobel, Springer, 2005.

Others

• BUGS in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose, 2nd edition, Lyn Dupre, Academic Press, 1998.

Evaluation

• Short Essays (3): 20%
• Proposal: 15%
• Final Report: 15%
• Oral Presentation: 10%
• English Grammar: 10%
• Attendance / Class Participation: 30%

Schedule

• Week 1: Technical Writing on the Job
• Week 2: Collaboration and Ethics
• Week 3: Audience
• Week 4: Organization
• Week 5: Revision and Style
• Week 6: Document Design
• Week 7: Midterm Period (no exam)
• Week 8: Definition
• Week 9: Description
• Week 10: Formal Report Elements
• Week 11: Types of Reports
• Week 12: Peer Review
• Week 13: Oral Presentations (I)
• Week 14: Oral Presentations (II)
• Week 15: Final Exam Period (no exam)