Upcoming Courses in Tech Comm

Summer 2026 

ENG 271W: Technical Communication

There are online sections of ENG 271W offered first and second session.

ENG 674: Topics – Teaching Technical Communication (Bakke)

• Online Asynchronous
• 3 credits
• First session

This course is a great fit for tech comm grad students who are interested in teaching the subject at the college level, AND for writing teachers who are interested in broadening their teaching repertoire and even introducing elements of tech comm into high school English courses.

We’ll cover basic concepts to be covered in an intro tech comm course, and what’s unique about teaching this course compared to other writing courses. Students will create (or add to) a teaching portfolio, complete with a sample syllabus and their own tech comm assignment.

ENG 674 is an elective towards the GC and MS. May be repeated under different topics.

Fall 2026 

ENG 271W: Technical Communication 

There are multiple sections of ENG 271W offered each semester both online and in-person.

ENG 4/575: Editing Technical Publications (Gresbrink)

• Online Th, 7-8:30pm 
• 4 credits undergrad; 3 credits grad  

This course develops skills related to 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 Tech Comm BS and is an elective towards the minor.
• ENG 575 is required for the Technical Communication GC and MS.
• It is typically offered in the fall.

ENG 4/583: Writing About Health and Medicine (Bakke) 

• Online M, 7-8:30pm

• 4 credits undergrad; 3 credits grad 

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. 
• ENG 583 is an elective towards the Tech Comm GC and MS. 
• It is only offered in the fall. 

ENG 675: AI for Professional STEM Communication (Dover)

• Online W, 7-8:30p.m.
• 3 credits

This course develops skills in collaborative communication, contemporary management, practical use of AI, risk, and the workplace. By the end of this course, you will have a suite of standard management document templates, as well as the ability, through genre, to craft documentation for almost any professional occasion. All the materials for this course are free.

ENG 675 counts towards the Tech Comm GC and MS – please ask your advisor to submit a substitution

Tentative offerings - Spring 2027

• ENG 4/566, Usability (Bakke)
• ENG 4/571, Visual Communication (Davis)
• ENG 4/577, Documentation, Policies, and Procedures (Dover)
• ENG 673, Research Methods for the Technical Communicator (Dover)