Upcoming Courses
Undergraduate
Summer 2023
ENG 472: Topics - Scientific and Technical Podcasting (Bakke)
Online T, 7-8:30 p.m.
4 credits
Full session
In this course, you’ll work with others to pitch, plan, and promote a podcast show around a science or tech topic of shared interest. You’ll also record and edit an episode of your own – using a classic podcast format such as an interview, chat show, or solo podcast. You’ll practice with tools like basic audio editors and podcast hosting sites. No textbooks to purchase.
- ENG 472 is an elective towards the GC and MS. May be repeated under different topics.
Fall 2023
ENG 471: Visual Communication (Armfield)
Online Asynchronous
4 credits
This course provides analysis and training focused on concepts and practices of visual design as they relate to technical and professional communication. In this course, we focus on creating projects that are meant to be added to student portfolios, using different visual formats, including infographics, videos, and augmented/virtual reality environments.
- ENG 471 is required for the Tech Comm BS and an elective towards the minor.
- It is offered at least yearly.
ENG 483: Writing About Health and Medicine (Bakke)
Online M, 7-8:30 p.m.
4 credits
This course addresses the skills required for technical communication within the context of health and medicine. Students will discuss typical audiences, purposes, and genres of health and medical communication. Students will adapt complex health and medical information for audiences with varying levels of knowledge, demonstrating awareness of audience analysis, visual design, plain language, and ethics.
- ENG 483 is an elective towards the Tech Comm BS and minor. It is required for the Health Communication BS and minor.
- It is offered in the fall.
ENG 475: Editing Technical Publications (Nord)
Online W, 7-8:30 p.m.
4 credits
Editing the content, organization, format, style, and mechanics of documents; managing the production cycle of documents; and discovering and learning computer and software applications for technical editing tasks.
- ENG 475 is required for the Technical Communication BS.
- Minors must choose from ENG 474w, 457, OR 477.
- This academic year, it is offered only in the fall.
ENG 469: Project Management for Technical Communication (Westerman)
In-person, Wissink 118
MW 2-3:40 p.m.
4 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to technical project management. This introduction is achieved through participation in a simulated project management experience. Assignments include standard documentation associated with project management and reflective writing.
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ENG 469 is an elective towards the Technical Communication major and minor.
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It is typically offered in the fall, alternating face-to-face and online sections.
Spring 2024 (tentative)
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ENG 471, Visual Communication (if sufficient demand)
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ENG 474w, Research and Writing Technical Reports
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ENG 467, International Technical Communication (including study abroad option)
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ENG 477, Documentation, Policies, and Procedures
Graduate
Summer 2023
ENG 572: Topics - Scientific and Technical Podcasting (Bakke)
Online T, 7-8:30 p.m.
3 credits
Full session
In this course, you’ll work with others to pitch, plan, and promote a podcast show around a science or tech topic of shared interest. You’ll also record and edit an episode of your own – using a classic podcast format such as an interview, chat show, or solo podcast. You’ll practice with tools like basic audio editors and podcast hosting sites. No textbooks to purchase.
- ENG 572 is an elective towards the GC and MS. May be repeated under different topics.
ENG 674-01: Topics – Antiracist Technical Communication (Dover)
Online W, 7-8:30 p.m.
3 credits
Full session
In this course, we will examine technical communication in the light of the “social justice” turn. To this end, we will be examining the field itself, methodologies and methods, research, and pedagogy. This is a discussion-based, reading/writing-intensive course, and there are no texts to purchase.
- ENG 674 is an elective towards the GC and MS. May be repeated under different topics.
ENG 674-02: Topics – Teaching Technical Communication (Armfield)
Online Asynchronous
3 credits
Session 1
In this course students are given the foundations to teach technical communication at the undergraduate level. This includes understanding learning models, accessibility, and course development.
- ENG 674 is an elective towards the GC and MS. May be repeated under different topics.
Fall 2023
ENG 569: Project Management for Technical Communication (Westerman)
In-person, Wissink 118
MW 2-3:40 p.m.
3 credits
This course develops project management skills through simulated team experiences that include focused processes and documentation related to technical communication to complete deliverables within a set timeframe.
- ENG 569 is an elective towards the Technical Communication GC and MS.
- It is typically offered in the fall, alternating face-to-face and online sections.
ENG 571: Visual Communication (Armfield)
Online Asynchronous
3 credits
This course provides analysis and training focused on concepts and practices of visual design as they relate to technical and professional communication. In this course, we focus on creating projects that are meant to be added to student portfolios, using different visual formats, including infographics, videos, and augmented/virtual reality environments.
- ENG 571 is required for the Tech Comm Graduate Certificate and MS. It is offered at least yearly.
ENG 575: Editing Technical Publications (Nord)
Online W, 7-8:30 p.m.
3 credits
Editing the content, organization, format, style, and mechanics of documents; managing the production cycle of documents; and discovering and learning computer and software applications for technical editing tasks.
- ENG 575 is required for the Technical Communication GC and MS.
- This academic year, this course is offered only in the fall.
ENG 583: Writing About Health and Medicine (Bakke)
Online M, 7-8:30 p.m.
3 credits
This course addresses the skills required for technical communication within the context of health and medicine. Students will discuss typical audiences, purposes, and genres of health and medical communication. Students will adapt complex health and medical information for audiences with varying levels of knowledge, demonstrating awareness of audience analysis, visual design, plain language, and ethics.
- ENG 583 is an elective towards the Tech Comm GC and MS.
- It is offered in the fall.
ENG 665: Foundations of Technical Communication (Dover)
Online T, 7-8:30 p.m.
3 credits
This course, to be taken in the first year of MS coursework, addresses technical communication as both an academic and professional field. The course surveys history, foundational scholarship, research questions, and research methods in the academic field of technical communication. Students will explore the relationships between the scholarship and the practice of technical communication.
- This course is required for MS students, and is meant to be taken in the student’s first year in the program. It is only offered in the fall.
ENG 667: Content Strategy (Armfield)
Online Asynchronous
3 credits
This course addresses the planning and execution of content through methodological approaches to data analysis and content development. This course surveys the planning, creation, and management of content within editorial development, experience design, and systems design. Students will explore the methods of content strategy to compile, extract, and develop meaningful content that uses multimodal tools for visualization.
- ENG 667 is required for the Tech Comm Graduate Certificate and MS.
- It is offered in the fall.
ENG 680: Proposals (Armfield)
Online Asynchronous
3 credits
Theory and practice in the development and production of proposals, focusing on the researching, writing, and management of proposals by technical communicators. In this course, we work on developing proposals for grants for non-profits/not-for-profit organizations. Students will work with a non/not-for-profit of their choice.
- ENG 680 is an elective towards the Tech Comm Graduate Certificate and MS. It is offered occasionally.
Spring 2024 (tentative)
- ENG 571, Visual Communication (if sufficient demand)
- ENG 567, International Technical Communication (including study abroad option)
- ENG 577, Documentation, Policies, and Procedures
- ENG 679, Rhetorical Theory Applied to Technical Documents
- ENG 681, User Experience
- ENG 696, Capstone Course in Technical Communication
