atw: 52 Hours and You are a Technical Writer - Are They Serious?

While looking for something completely different, I came across this:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/courseware/cse1402/subjectinfo.html

It is interesting to see what other people think we need.

Some points -

The total course time for this subject/unit/whatever is only 52 hours. 
This is quite a bit less training then you need to be, say, a competent 
pastrycook. Can you really "construct quality printed and on-line 
documentation..." on such  a slender foundation?

A course pre-requisite is: "Students are expected to be fluent and 
literate in the English language..."

Apparently the only tool used is LaTeX. Now LaTeX is a wonderful 
product, but I haven't for years and years been able to convince anyone 
that it would be useful in the sort of technical/commercial stuff I do. 
Word and FrameMaker - you know how it goes. <sigh />

Has anyone actually done this subject? Was it more useful than it looks?

James Hunt

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