This course can be taken from either a Mac or a PC. There are no specific computer requirements other than an Internet connection, email account, Microsoft Word (for Assignment submissions), and Windows Media Player (available as a free download). It is recommended that the student use the latest version of Internet Explorer in place of other web browsers.

Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Acrobat Reader are required for this course.
Click here to download the Acrobat Reader.
Click here to download the Flash Player.

GES will provide the required textbooks for this course:
• Technical Writing for Success, by Smith-Worthington and Jefferson, 2nd Edition. Thomson South-Western Publishing, ISBN 0-538-43872-X.
• Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach, by Paul V. Anderson. Thomson Wadsworth Publishing, ISBN 1-4130-2750-4.


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Technical Writing

GES 217 -- 80 hours

PC Requirements/Materials Included


    This course can be taken from either a Mac or a PC. There are no specific computer requirements other than an Internet connection, email account, Microsoft Word (for Assignment submissions), and Windows Media Player (available as a free download). It is recommended that the student use the latest version of Internet Explorer in place of other web browsers.

    Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Acrobat Reader are required for this course.
    Click here to download the Acrobat Reader.
    Click here to download the Flash Player.

    GES will provide the required textbooks for this course:
    • Technical Writing for Success, by Smith-Worthington and Jefferson, 2nd Edition. Thomson South-Western Publishing, ISBN 0-538-43872-X.
    • Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach, by Paul V. Anderson. Thomson Wadsworth Publishing, ISBN 1-4130-2750-4.


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