Learning outcomes

To give students a general picture of technical communication. To train students to evaluate and produce user-friendly documentation in Finnish.

Contents

Technical communication as a profession and a discipline, target group analysis, legislation, analysing and producing technical documents in Finnish. Emphasis on manuals and user's guides.

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

For students in the Technical Communications Programme.

Teaching methods

Lectures, independent work, acting as an opponent.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Grade based on a final assignment and acting as an opponent.

Study materials

Huckin & Olsen (1991): Technical Writing and Professional Communication for Nonnative Speakers of English; Markel (2004): Technical Communication.

Belongs to following study modules