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WELCOME TO TECHNICAL WRITING FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS.

This is a required course for UCSC CE and EE students.

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What would you like to know?

• Instructor: Gerald B. Moulds
• Office hours: Tuesdays 5:45pm-6:45pm (or by appointment)
• Office Location: Engineering-2, Room 237A
• Phone: (831) 588-4252
• e-mail: gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu

• Teaching Assistant: Rigo Dicochea
• Office Hours: To Be Announced
• Location: Engineering-2, Room 381
• Email: mailto:rigo@soe.ucsc.edu

• Class meetings
• Location: Engineering #192
• Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00pm-8:45pm
• NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO CLASS ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 2^ND.

• Assignments:

Assignment	Rough Draft Due	Final Due
1. Resume and Cover Letter	June 28	July 3
2. Algorithm Description	July 10	July 17
3. Article Database UI	July 24	July 31
4. Project Proposal Memo		August 9
5. Survey Article	August 7	August 14
6. Document Specification		August 16
7. Poster Projects		August 21or 23
8. Final Project	August 28	September 4
9. Oral Presentations		Throughout Quarter

• Submitting papers:
• All assignments must be submitted on paper.
1. Electronic submission will not be allowed except through special arrangements.
• All papers (except the Resume and Cover Letter assignment) should be double spaced.
• All papers must be peer edited before they are submitted.
1. Papers should be signed “Peer edited by … [insert name]”
2. Any paper not peer edited will be returned ungraded.
• Late papers are subject to a reduction in grade.
1. Grade reduction applies to rewrites, affecting the maximum possible grade for the assignment.

• Grades: Grades will be mostly (~80%) based on the total portfolio of work you turn in at the end of the class. This consists of five major writing projects (including your final project). Failure to turn in a major writing project will most likely result in a failing grade. To a lesser degree (~20%) your grade will be based on your oral presentation, poster project, various in-class writing assignments, and your participation in class discussions.

• Collaboration is good, and plagiarism is bad. Read more about it here.

• Links to some course lecture slides:

• Presentation Tips.
• More on Plagiarism and Proper Citations.
• Peer Editing Notes.
• Latin Abbreviations.
• Using Hyphens.
• Details on the Algorithm Description Assignment. (Note: some of the graphics on this version aren’t working. Here is the original Algorithm Description PDF.)
• Article Database UI Tutorial.
• Final Project for 185 – Includes Instructions for Project Proposal and Document Specification
• Survey Article
• Poster Project

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gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu