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Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing

The certificate program provides specialist training, at the graduate level, to individuals who wish to increase their knowledge, or obtain new knowledge, in the field of technical communication. The program addresses the needs of individuals who have been trained in other fields who wish to become technical communicators; of individuals who have been trained in English or technical communication who wish to take additional, advanced course work in the field; and of practitioners in technical communication who wish to increase their knowledge base. The program provides students with the skills they will need to work as technical communicators and/or to pursue further graduate study in technical communication.

Required Courses: 15 hours

• ENGL524 Advanced Technical Writing and Research (3 hrs)

Three courses from the following:

• ENGL525 Advanced Public Relations Writing (3 hrs)
• INDT502 Microcomputer Applications in Administration and Research (3 hrs)
• ENGL526 Topics in Technical Communication (3 hrs)
• ENGL527 Topics in Professional Communication (3 hrs)

One course from the following:

• ENGL427 Technical Editing (3 hrs)
• ENGL428 Writing Computer Documentation (3 hrs)

Note:
Students must take some combination of the above courses to obtain a total of 15 hours. Students may only take one advanced 400-level class for graduate credit; therefore, they cannot take both ENGL427 and ENGL428 for credit. They must take one or the other of these classes.