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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

ENGL 317 - Professional and Technical Writing

(3 units)

Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; Completion of GE Foundations.
Expository writing on technical subjects dealt with in industry, science, government, and the academy. Introduction to long and short forms including reports, proposals, manuals, and journal articles, emphasizing the longer formal paper or technical report.

Both grading options.