Campuses:
Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
Technical Communication Postbaccalaureate CertificateWriting Studies Department
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Writing Studies, 215 Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Drive S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455; (612-624-3445; fax: 612-624-3617)
Email:
WRIT@umn.edu
Website: http://www.writingstudies.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
In collaboration with your academic adviser, you will create a program that matches the knowledge and skills you value to the experience required by industry. Certificate students may choose five courses from these Writing Studies options, with a maximum of two at the 4xxx level:
WRIT 4431 Intersections of Scientific & Technical Communication and Law
WRIT 4501 Usability and Human Factors in Technical Communication
WRIT 4562 International Professional Communication
WRIT 4573W Writing Proposals and Grant Management
WRIT 4662W Writing with Digital Technologies
WRIT 4664W Science Writing for Popular Audiences
WRIT 5001 Introduction to Graduate Studies in Scientific & Technical Communication
WRIT 5112 Information Design: Theory & Practice
WRIT 5270 Writing for Publication
WRIT 5561 Editing and Style for Technical Communicators
WRIT 5671 Visual Rhetoric
Certificate courses are taught by graduate faculty who themselves have active research agendas. The program, whenever possible, provides opportunities for students to apply knowledge to solve community and industry problems within the field of technical communication through authentic learning opportunities in the program's courses. Several courses require students to engage in projects for clients that in the past have included such organizations as ISEEK (Minnesota Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge), the YWCA, Hennepin County Libraries, the American Community Gardening Association, and the U.S. Forest Service North Central Research Station.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 2.80
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Certificate students may take up to 2 courses at the 4xxx level.
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