Course Preface

  Professional and Technical Communication focuses on developing coherent formal and informal communication strategies for careers and real-world situations. It emphasizes technical and profes-sional communication skills including workplace documents, presentations, problem solving, and professional collaboration. Professional and Technical Communication is an applied or advanced course that may be used to fulfill up to one credit of the English Language Arts graduation requirement. These standards align with the Utah Core Standards for English Language Arts.

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http://www.uen.org - in partnership with Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and Utah System of Higher Education (USHE).  Send questions or comments to USBE Specialist - Naomi  Watkins and see the Language Arts - Secondary website. For general questions about Utah's Core Standards contact the Director - Jennifer  Throndsen.

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