Technical and Professional Communication
The
technical and professional communication major
prepares students for positions as communication experts in a
variety of industries. The major itself involves 57 semester hours in
specific technical and professional communication courses.
Technical and Professional Communication Core..................57
*Capstone Course
Technical and Professional Communication Major
Curriculum Summary
Proficiency Requirements. .........................................................0–5
Other General Education Requirements................................51–59
Technical and Professional Communication Requirements. ........57
Electives................................................................................. 12–20
Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................... 128
Technical and Professional Communication Industry
Advisory Board
The Technical and Professional Communication (TPC) industry
advisory board aims to enable the department to adequately
position the TPC major and its graduates for the future.
Dhana Banks, Cincom Document Solutions
Scott Bennett, Procter and Gamble
Jay Luis, Beta LaserMike, Inc.
Guy Margiotta, Chase Bank
Patti Massey, Myca Multimedia & Training Solutions
Sylvia Miller, Miltech Communications, LLC
Walt Staudenmaier, Bastion Consulting
Jim Visgaitis, HP Enterprise Services
Phil Wittmer, Lexis/Nexis
Tom Zimmerman, GE Medical Systems
A complete description of the general education requirements is found on
Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a
Major in Technical and Professional Communication
First year:
LIT-2XXX Literature Elective..............................................................3
Physical Science Elective...............................................................3.5
Quantitative Elective..........................................................................3
Total................................................................................................. 30
Second year:
Humanities Elective. ..........................................................................3
Electives........................................................................................... 11
Total................................................................................................. 32
Third year:
History Elective..................................................................................3
Social Science...................................................................................3
Total................................................................................................. 28
Summer:
Total................................................................................................... 7
Fourth year:
Electives.............................................................................................9
Total................................................................................................. 31
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