Trident Learning

This course focuses on the salient features of technical writing and emphasizes the value of technical writing in our modern, technological age.  While highlighting the prerequisites of good technical report writing, the course reinforces the importance of factual information and sound research methods.  Furthermore, this course stresses clarity, precision, conciseness and specialized terminology as vital components of the technical style.

This course offers further exploration of sound and lighting.  Students examine the basic aspects of lighting, including: electricity, color theory, history and types of theatre lighting.  Students are involved in hanging and focusing lights and crewing a production.  The course will also explore some of the artistic and practical aspects of sound and operation, including pre-show music and sound effects for the stage.  Students are expected to do an attachment period.

The complexity of the structure of terrestrial and marine ecosystems is covered.  Attention is given to the diversity of Caribbean ecosystems and conservation strategies.   Coverage of methods used in ecological studies is provided and acquired skills are applied in a research project.

This course incorporates all the techniques and theory of text processing.  It encompasses the fundamental skills necessary to produce simple mailable business documents and builds on these in developing greater competence and knowledge for fast and accurate production of more complex tasks.