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Technical Communication
  • TCM 18000 Exploring Intercultural Technical Communication (3 cr.) This course will explore issues in diverse technical communication workplace settings using Intergroup Dialogue. Students will explore intercultural communication, conflict resolution, social identity, community, and social justice with diverse groups. A component of this class will be engaging with clients, co-facilitators, and/or guest speakers. Topics in this course will include a variety of social identities including (but not limited to) race/ethnicity, nationality of origin/citizenship, gender, sex, sexual orientation/attraction, SES/social class, age, religion/spirituality, ability/disability status, body size/type, level of education.
  • TCM 19900 Selected Topics: Technical Communication (1-3 cr.) Topics of current and specialized interest for technical communicators. Hours and subject matter arranged by staff.
  • TCM 21800 Introduction to Engineering Technical Reports (1 cr.) This integrated technical communication course introduces foundational skills for technical reports in engineering. Students will practice a recursive writing process and use techniques for analyzing content for different audiences and purposes. 
  • TCM 21900 Introduction to Technical Presentations (1 cr.) This integrated oral technical communication course introduces foundational skills for creating and delivering technical presentations.
  • TCM 22000 Technical Report Writing (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. Class 3. Extensive application of the principles of clear writing in business and industry with emphasis on audience, organization of ideas, and a concise writing style.
  • TCM 22200 Introduction to Technical Documentation (3 cr.) This integrated technical communication course introduces foundational skills for creating effective technical documentation.
  • TCM 23000 Principles and Practices of Technical Communication (3 cr.) P: or C: ENG-W 131 or equivalent. This course serves as a gateway into the technical communication B.S. degree. It introduces the basic principles and practices of technical communication in the workplace. This course explores the range of abilities that technical communicators need and includes applied projects that will begin to develop these abilities. The course also serves as a foundation for higher-level courses within the major of technical communication.
  • TCM 24000 Tools for Technical Communication (3 cr.) This course introduces students to thinking about and using software tools that technical communicators need for contemporary workplace practice. The course will develop students' conceptual knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of software that professionals employ to create, deliver, and manage technical communication. Included are principles of how technical communicators learn to use software and how they evaluate its suitability for specific situations. 
  • TCM 25000 Career Planning in Engineering and Technology (1 cr.) Class 3. TCM 25000 will guide you through a systematic, hands-on approach to making career-related decisions. The course assumes that career planning is an ongoing process and requires understanding of self and one's environment; therefore, you will leave the course with the necessary tools to find and acquire an internship, co-op, or job now and in the future.
  • TCM 29900 Selected Topics: Technical Communication (1-3 cr.) Topics of current and specialized interest for technical communicators. Hours and subject matter to be arranged by staff.
  • TCM 31000 Technical and Scientific Editing (3 cr.) P: TCM 22000 or TCM 23000 with a grade of C or higher. Class 3. TCM 31000 focuses on techniques for editing functional technical and scientific products in academic and professional settings.
  • TCM 32000 Written Communication in Science and Industry (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher and Junior or Senior Standing. Class 3. Analysis of current writing practices in technology and science, especially in organizational settings. Practice in designing and preparing reports for a variety of purposes and audiences.
  • TCM 34000 Correspondence in Business and Industry (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Class 3. TCM 34000 applies the principles of clear writing in industrial, technological, and business settings, with emphasis on organizational audience, organizational of ideas, and a concise, objective writing style.
  • TCM 35000 Visual Technical Communication (3 cr.) P: TCM 22000 or TCM 23000 with a grade of C or higher. Topics covered in this class include methods and principles of creating visual technical communication, basics of visual design, visualization of technical data, usability of visual technical communication products, the role of technical communicators in the workplace, and modern technology available to technical communicators.
  • TCM 35800 Technical Reporting Analysis & Development (1 cr.) This integrated technical communication course builds advanced technical reporting skills including analysis, synthesis, and development of technical content, structure, and style for technical audiences.
  • TCM 35900 Technical Data Reporting & Presentation (1 cr.) This integrated technical communication course builds advanced data reporting and presentation skills for technical and non-technical workplace audiences.
  • TCM 36000 Communication in Engineering Practice (2 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 and COMM-R 110 or equivalents, each with a grade of C or higher and Junior or Senior Standing. The application of rhetorical principles to written and oral communication in the engineering professions. Topics include planning, drafting, and revising professional engineering reports; planning and delivering oral presentations; organizing information; developing persuasive arguments.
  • TCM 36200 Technical Proposal and Grant Writing (1 cr.) TCM 36200 will focus on techniques for technical proposal and grant writing in academic and professional settings.
  • TCM 37000 Oral Practicum for Technical Managers (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 and COMM-R 110 or equivalents, each with a grade of C or higher and Junior or Senior Standing. Development and application of effective listening and speaking skills in situations typical for managers and supervisors in technology and engineering: one-to-one conversations in job management, hiring interviews, and performance reviews; group discussions in work units, committees, and task forces; informal presentations to small groups; formal presentations to large groups.
  • TCM 38000 Technical Communication in the Healthcare Professions (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher and Junior or Senior Standing. Focuses on the complex nature of effective communication in the healthcare professions. Includes principles of clear, concise, and organized writing, as well as primary and secondary research. Students examine and write documents for audiences in their organizational contexts.
  • TCM 39500 Independent Study in Technical Communication (1-3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Individualized project approved by instructor consenting to direct it and by program coordinator. Credit varies with scope of the project.
  • TCM 39900 Selected Topics: Technical Communication (1-3 cr.) Topics of current and specialized interest for technical communicators.
  • TCM 41500 Technical Communication for Design Projects (1-3 cr.) This integrated course applies advanced principles and theories of technical communication in a senior design project. Students will create and manage effective oral and written communication for workplace contexts.
  • TCM 42000 Field Experience in Technical Communication (1-3 cr.) P: TCM 22000, or TCM 23000, or TCM 32000, or ENG-W 131 with a grade of C or higher. Full or part-time work experience in technical communications, supervised by a qualified professional in the cooperating organization and a faculty advisor. Requires periodic written and oral reports and final comprehensive written and oral reports on work experience and assigned readings. Credit varies with scope of project.
  • TCM 42500 Managing Document Quality (3 cr.) P: TCM 22000, TCM 23000, TCM 32000, or ENG-W 231 with a grade of C or higher. This course examines and applies principles of creating technical publications in order to pursue quality management of the process. Students will create effective publications by identifying and intervening in crucial points in the documentation cycle--planning, researching, designing, drafting, reviewing, testing, and revising.
  • TCM 43500 Portfolio Preparation (1 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher, and instructor consent. Preparation of professional portfolio for review by faculty or subject matter experts. Includes readings and development of a professional career plan.
  • TCM 45000 Research Approaches for Technical and Professional Communication (3 cr.) P: TCM 22000, TCM 23000, or TCM 32000, or ENG-W 231 with a grade of C or higher. Examines quantitative and qualitative research techniques practiced by professionals working in technical and business communication. It explores both primary (i.e., field) and secondary (i.e., library) research approaches for learning about content, audience, and publication design.
  • TCM 46000 Engineering Communication in Academic Contexts (2 cr.) P: Senior or Graduate Standing, and Department consent. Analysis of situations and genres for written and oral communication of engineering information in academic contexts. Application of rhetorical principles in preparing and delivering written and oral presentations of engineering information.
  • TCM 49900 Selected Topics: Technical Communication (1-3 cr.) Topics of current and specialized interest for technical communicators. Hours and subject matter to be arranged by staff. 
  • TCM 50500 Preparing for Career Transitions: Creating an E-Portfolio (3 cr.) The purpose of the course is to help graduate students to reflect on their work and to present evidence of their knowledge, skills, and professional attributes to prospective employers.  Abilities to reflect and present apply throughout one's career in rapidly changing workplace contexts.  In this course, students will learn about the role of e-portfolios in presenting work to prospective employers, reflect on their goals and abilities, and learn principles of effective e-portfolio design.
  • TCM 51000 Effective Workplace Technical Communication (3 cr.) This course explores and applies principles of professional technical communication in industrial, technological, and business settings, with emphasis on adapting to organizational audiences, selective and organizing ideas, managing communication projects, and communicating clearly and effectively.
  • TCM 52000 Teaching Technical and Professional Communication (3-4 cr.) This course is intended for graduate students who wish to learn the theory and practice of teaching technical and/or professional communication at K-12 or post-secondary levels.
  • TCM 53000 Advanced Visual Technical Communication (3-4 cr.) This course is intended for graduate students who wish to learn the theory and practice of visual technical communication.
  • TCM 54000 Advanced Managing Document Quality. (3-4 cr.) Students examine and apply principles of creating a technical or professional publication from start to finish.  Students also 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.
  • TCM 55000 Advanced Research Approaches for Technical and Professional Communication (3-4 cr.) This course is intended for graduate students who wish to learn the theory and practice of conducting applied research in technical and/or professional communication.
  • TCM 56000 Engineering Communication in Academic Contexts (3 cr.) Develop reading, writing, and speaking skills for academic success as an engineering, science, or technology graduate student.  Students analyze the structure, claims, and evidence of written documents and oral presentations.  Students simulate these presentations and write similar documents to gain practical experience for successful writing and speaking in academic contexts.