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Twin Cities Campus
Technical Communication CertificateWriting Studies Department
College of Liberal Arts
The certificate in technical communication provides students with proficiency in four areas of technical communication: written, oral, visual, and digital. Students take at least two required upper division courses and complete a capstone project as part of one of the courses. The courses are designed to teach students practical skills for communicating complex technical information to a variety of audiences and to complement their career plans.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
At least 8 credits in the certificate must be taken at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus.
Students may earn a BS, a minor, or a certificate in technical writing and communication, but none of these may be combined.
Required Course
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 4 credit(s) from the following:
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WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
Elective
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 3 credit(s) from the following:
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WRIT 3257 - Technical and Professional Presentations
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 3441 - Editing, Critique, and Style
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 3577W - Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet
[TS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 3671 - Visual Rhetoric and Document Design
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 3672W - Project Design and Development
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 4431W - Science, Technology, and the Law
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 4501 - Usability and Human Factors in Technical Communication
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 4573W - Writing Proposals and Grant Management
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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WRIT 4662W - Writing With Digital Technologies
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Capstone Project
Students take the capstone project concurrently with the WRIT elective that they take for the certificate program. The project must be developed in consultation with the instructor of the selected elective course, who will also evaluate the project. All work must be completed within the same semester. If necessary, an outside reader with subject matter expertise will be invited to also provide input.
The capstone project extends an assignment in the selected course to (1) to further develop and reflect on what students have learned through their certificate coursework and (2) to provide them with a tangible product that can be used for job applications. Project formats include a paper, report, podcast, video, scientific poster, or electronic presentation. Students can consult the department advisor for details.
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 1 credit(s) from the following:
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WRIT 3291 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Writ 3441/Writ 4561 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Writ 4501/Writ 5501 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Writ 4662W/Writ 5662 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |