COM 130 Week 9 Final Project Your Career as an IT Professional
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Final Project: Your Career as an IT Professional
• Resources: Appendix A and Ch. 1 - 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, & 19 of Professional and
Technical Writing Strategies
• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
• Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word research project detailing one of the following career
choices:
o Web developer or administrator
o Project manager
o Database administrator
o Computer programmer
o Network and computer systems administrator
o Computer engineer (software or hardware)
Your research should provide insight into this career field for a population of high school
seniors. Your research will potentially be published in an online careers
magazine.
Ensure your research includes the following elements:
o A short proposal that includes:
• What you are proposing to write about
• Your background and how it has led you to pursue this type of career
• The specific elements of the career you will focus on in your final project (This
may include salary, job requirements, physical labor, and other characteristics of
the job.)
• The benefits of having this job
• Anything you hope to learn more about through your research
o An abstract (See Ch. 15.)
o The Microsoft® Visio or ConceptDraw™ diagram (even if it is hypothetical) that you
wrote in Week Three
o The results of your survey from Week Four
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o A graphic (such as an image, a diagram, or a screen shot)
o A short summary of how you would present the information if you could give a
presentation to a live audience (keep in mind your audience’s age)
o At least three outside sources, including a Web site, a journal, and a magazine or
newspaper (cited properly in APA format)
o A set of instructions of the steps to take to get into the career
o Good use of design, white space, and other visual...