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It shows how teachers can incorporate CBPs in hybrid or fully virtual instruction, adapt it for a quarter or semester, and tailor it to meet students’ needs. The course introduces students to and develops their skills in workplace writing, including,“[in] some cases … simply learning that a client company maintains common styles and strategies for all written work” (Wojahn et al. 132) . While there are standard writing assignments, such as letters, memos, progress reports, and job application materials, other writing activities assigned depend on the CBP. These projects can involve creating operation manuals, employee handbooks, event planning guides, rewriting gaming instructions, summarizing scientific reports, producing website content, and/or compiling annotated bibliographies. The CBPs’ topics vary as well, ranging from distillery operations to seed funding to grant writing.  \nMany college educators have incorporated CBPs in their courses (Balzotti and Rawlins; Blakeslee; Kreth; Lopez and Lee), in part because a client-based approach allows “students [to] address workplace issues by interacting with real clients in an effort to provide learners with more realistic tasks and environments”(Balzotti and Rawlins 141). Professionals from nonprofit organizations, businesses, co-ops, coworking spaces, government agencies, etc. can become the students’ “clients,” and the clients task students with completing writing projects needed for the workplace. According to Melinda L. Kreth, CBPs“[help] students … understand and respond effectively to ‘real world’ clientsand their organizational contexts” (52) . Students are introduced to a variety of genres and content, some of which might differ from what they learned in their college courses. CBPs also expose students to how client relationships work and often provide unforeseen challenges that become opportunities for learning and strengthening students’ communication skills.  \nThe technical and professional writing course at Washington State University, Tri-Cities (WSUTC) is a required course for undergraduates with junior standing who major in business, computer science, engineering, management, education, and other related fields. The course also fulfills a requirement for English majors specializing in rhetoric and professional writing and satisfies the University Common Requirement (UCORE) of writing communication. The undergraduate catalogue describes the course as “[research] writing: defining,  \nComposition Studies 48.3 (2020): 103–115  \nproposing, reporting progress; presenting a final product; other professional writing needs”(Washington State University Catalog) .  \nThough not all sections of technical and professional writing integrate CBPs, such a course is an ideal location for CBP integration because it serves a diversity of majors, has broad course goals, and has flexible enough learning outcomes to support client work. First, CBPs foster students’ different talentsand abilities and provide different ways to improve communication skills, allowing students to pursue their writing interests across a range of disciplines. In addition, juniors and seniors greatly benefit because CBPs can open possible networks, give students the kind of experience that they can add to their resumes, and/or pave the way for internship opportunities or employment.  \nSecondly, this course has broad enough goals to support CBP integration. 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