Technical Communications(m)

The Technical Communication minor prepares students to excel in a technology-driven and ever-evolving business landscape. This program emphasizes engagement with cutting-edge technologies and the development of adaptability to new tools and industry changes. Students hone their critical thinking and communication skills, enabling them to convey complex information clearly and effectively. Graduates of this minor are equipped to pursue careers in technical writing, content management, user experience design, digital marketing, and other fields where technology and communication intersect.

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ENGL 215 – Media Literacy

3 credit hours

Designed to strengthen the student’s writing and critical thinking skills by providing a close examination of how the media constructs messages. Tailored to fit the student’s needs for a variety of future career paths, students will explore and compose in various genres such as social media, print journalism, advertisements, and documentary film. Offered spring of odd years.

Prerequisites: EDUC 100

ENGL 300 – Technical Editing

3 credit hours

By working with a diverse array of professional documents in various media from multiple industries, students will learn strategies for designing processes that respond to the unique demands of specific editing tasks. Offered fall of odd years.

ENGL 319 – Rhetoric and Technology

3 credit hours

Technology mediates all human activity including thought itself. As such, any technological change will affect how we see ourselves and the world around us, which affects how we communicate and persuade. In this course, students will use rhetorical theory to analyze specific contexts to understand how technology structures power and influences belief. From this understanding, students will be better prepared to make critical choices regarding the use of technology. Offered fall of odd years.

ENGL 330 – Information Design and Usability

3 credit hours

Students will learn how elements of design affect how people engage with print, multimedia, and web-based texts, and as such, how those design elements elicit or hinder a desired social action. From this understanding, students will learn how to develop protocols for conducting, analyzing, and making recommendations from usability testing. Offered spring of even years.

ENGL 345 – Grant & Proposal Writing

3 credit hours

This course will familiarize students with key genres of writing related to grants, such as letters of inquiry, applications, assessment documents, and reporting documents. In conversation with local professionals, students will learn rhetorical strategies for designing and composing these documents in response to specific community needs and in relation to stakeholder values. Offered fall of even years.

ENGL 390 – Special Topics in Technical Communication

3 credit hours

This course will focus on a topic that’s currently under debate in the field of technical communication. Through summarizing, synthesizing, and responding to scholarly arguments, students will develop their own stance on the special topic based on how it relates to their current and future professional endeavors. Some possible topics may include globalization and communication, communication in health care, plain language, universal design and accessibility, and copyright and fair use. Offered spring of even years.

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