Engr 310
Technical Writing
Persistent concerns of grammar and style. Analysis and discussion of clear sentence and paragraph structure and of organization in complete technical documents. Guidelines for effective layout and graphics. Examples and exercises stressing audience analysis, graphic aids, editing, and readability. Videotaped work in oral presentation of technical projects. Writing assignments include descriptions of mechanisms, process instructions, basic proposals, letters and memos, and a long formal report. Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the English composition proficiency requirement of the School and junior standing.
Instructors
Allison Creighton, Catherine Essner, Charlotte Fressilli, Cindy Mittanck, Eric Meyer, Fran Hooker, Grace Waitman, Hilary Gan, Jeff Hamilton, Karen Schwelle, Katherine Harnish, Lynnea Brumbaugh Walter, Matthew Rosenberg, Maxwell Dunbar, Rosie Dutt, Sandra Matteucci, Seema Dahlheimer, Shirley Anghel, Susan Kim, Teresa Tarwater
Reviews
She's very nice but it's too much nonstop work. I've never taken a class that requires this much work before and it's very confusing on what to submit and what isn't due.
3/23/2026
unclear about what is and what wasn't graded didn't respond to 1 email all term long had to ask him to actually grade my homework and if he received it because hardly anything was ever graded class is confusing
2/26/2026
It feels like Prof. Hamilton is slightly overhated based on the existing consensus. Lectures are indeed erratic and feel slightly irrelevant at times, and overall class organization, e.g., assignment deadlines & points breakdown, could definitely use more work. However, I do like his enthusiasm, and the one-on-one conferences actually felt helpful.
12/19/2025
Professor Mittanck is super friendly and accessible to students. However, you will have significantly more work than most technical writing classes. She is not a tough grader, but you need to put a lot of effort in to submit every paper on time. That being said, she is great with feedback and you will learn a lot.
12/10/2025
While the course itself was not challenging, she led lectures like a high school classroom. Lots of time-wasting learning exercises that didn't impart any knowledge. Additionally, I didn't feel that she treated me like a real person, often speaking in a condescending tone.
6/7/2025
I enjoyed her class. You get to know everyone because of all the group work.
5/12/2025
I was not looking forward to this class, Prof. Mittanck was great and understanding throughout the semester. There were a good number of papers, which is understandable here, but a lot of the presentation and writing info were review on previous stuff I learned through other classes. Should've taken this earlier. She was very available and helpful
5/4/2025
Very good professor. She cares about her students and is incredible flexible on extensions. She's also very kind
4/16/2025
was being transferred into his section from another one because his section had too little people, says alot about him. Have absolutely no idea what his lectures is about, his class calendar is confusing and he isn't very fond about different opnions. I will say he grades easily but erratic, you never know what you are going to get.
2/15/2025
She's flexible with students and understanding, If you pay attention and put forth some effort, you'll get an A in her class.
12/17/2024
Helpful lectures if you're paying attention. I've learned a lot in this class, and I highly recommend her
12/17/2024
More than 50% of my grade is in the air right now because she has not graded our major assignments, she is pretty tough with grading and usually it is not reflective of the rubric. I would have taken this with a different professor if I didn't need to graduate early.
12/13/2024
Decent teacher, easy class. I'm not a big fan of writing, but I actually enjoyed her class, and I learned a lot, especially presentation-wise. I liked that we got to choose the topic for our final paper.
12/5/2024
Great class. I gained some skills that boosted my confidence when it comes to writing and also giving presentations.
10/28/2024
I like that she always tried to get everyone involved in the class discussions, and I learned a lot about technical communication that's already been helpful. Her class went by pretty fast because her lectures were interesting and we worked in small groups a lot. She's a cool person too.
10/5/2024