This 9 credit-hour certificate can take as little as nine months to complete. Courses are 8 weeks each fall and spring and 12 weeks during the summer. Courses are strategically designed to merge industry and academic knowledge.
Plan of Study Overview
Course Name
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Credit Hours
|
|---|---|
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TCM 51000 - Effective Workplace Technical Communication (Recommended to take this first) |
3 |
| TCM 54000 - Advanced Managing Document Quality |
3 |
| TCM 55000 - Advanced Research in Technical & Professional Communication |
3 |
Course Descriptions
- TCM 51000 - Effective Workplace Technical Communication: This course applies principles of professional technical communication in industrial, technological, and business settings, with emphasis on adapting to organizational audiences, selecting and organizing ideas, managing communication projects, and communicating clearly and effectively.
- TCM 54000 - Advanced Managing Document Quality: In this course, you will examine and apply principles of creating a technical or professional publication from start to finish. You will explore and practice publication quality management issues such as planning, researching audience and content, designing the publication, drafting, obtaining reviews, conducting usability testing, and negotiating within organizational cultures. In your work in this course, you will identify points in the document creation cycle in workplaces that are crucial for ensuring document quality. You will propose controls or interventions at these points that will favor the production and timely release of accurate and usable publications that are appropriate for their purposes and audiences.
- TCM 55000 - Advanced Research in Technical & Professional Communication: Examines quantitative and qualitative research techniques practiced by professionals working in technical and business communication. Explores both primary (i.e., field) and secondary (i.e., library) research approaches for learning about content, audience, and publication design.
Note:
- Must receive a B- or better in each of the three courses.
- Courses are subject to change due to faculty discretion.