2010-2011 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Page 271 2010–11 Undergraduate Catalog Introduction Admissions Academic Information Academic Departments Course Descriptions Financial Information Appendix Index THTR-4840 Senior Theatre Project –Fa, Sp 3 hours The Senior Theatre Project (STP) has two goals: to culminate the student’s work at Cedarville with a project presenting the student’s highest caliber of work and to prepare the student to achieve personal and professional goals. The theatre major is given a variety of choices through which to fulfill the STP requirement: solo performance, directed production, theatre design, or dramaturgical study. Before determining the nature of the STP, the student must determine personal and professional goals. The theatre major begins shaping the STP immediately upon enrollment in the major. All theatre majors work with a theatre advisor. Capstone course. (Fee: $50) Technical and Professional Communication (TPC) TPC-2000 3 hours Production Tools for Technical Communication Students will learn to produce print and electronic media through hands-on introduction to various tools used by technical communicators. TPC-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers –Fa, Sp, Su 3 hours Students will learn to apply reliable principles to make writing clear, concise, coherent, and cohesive. (Crosslisted with ENG 3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers) Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. TPC-3020 Professional Portfolio Development I –Fa 1 hour Students will develop a professional portfolio and learn to use it effectively as a tool to obtain an internship. TPC-3090 Technical Marketing Communication –Fa 3 hours Students will learn to create marketing materials for the technical industry, from design to completion. Prerequisites: TPC- 3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers; TPC-3100 Designing Visual Communication. TPC-3100 Designing Visual Communication –Fa 3 hours Students will learn to integrate visual design concepts to enhance communication in various documents and media. Topics will focus on increasing usability of communication products by targeted audiences. Corequisite: TPC-2000 Production Tools for Technical Communication. TPC-3130 Technical Communication –Fa 3 hours Students will learn to design and produce various technical documents and communication solutions for targeted audiences while exploring the technical communication profession. TPC-3170 2 hours The Technical Communicator in a Corporate Culture –Sp Students will discuss issues beyond intellectual ability and technical know-how that are crucial to a successful career. They will discover guidelines to assist them in improving their emotional intelligence capabilities. TPC-3180 Visual Rhetoric –Sp 2 hours Students will be given an overview of visual design principles and practices related to the field of technical communication. During the course, students will build their design acumen by reading widely and by participating (and leading) coherent, comprehensive discussions. Students will also practice their growing design expertise by critiquing various visual treatments, by writing a treatise on the Christian approach to visual communication, and by analyzing visual communication through the lens of a Christian worldview. TPC-3210 Technical Editing –Sp 2 hours Students will learn to develop style guides and edit technical documents or communication using conventional and electronic methods to ensure consistent grammar, style, visual design, and technical accuracy for end-users in targeted audiences. TPC-3250 Design of Manuals –Sp 3 hours Students will learn to plan, design, and write user manuals or documentation through systematic user analysis, task identification, effective writing, and efficient visual design elements. TPC-3290 Proofreading –Su 2 hours Students will learn to proofread using the techniques that professional proofreaders have found most practical and effective. TPC-4010 Designing Technical Reports –Fa 3 hours Students will learn to design and write effective technical reports and presentations that purposefully convey clear, concise, and accurate information to a targeted audience while using an appropriate level of technicality and supporting data or information. TPC-4020 Professional Portfolio Development II –Fa 1 hour Students will maintain a professional portfolio and learn to use it effectively to obtain employment after graduation. (Fee: $25) TPC-4050 Designing Online Information I –Fa 3 hours Students will learn how to design and manage information on the World Wide Web. TPC-4090 Designing Online Information II –Sp 3 hours Students will learn to design and develop online help systems. Prerequisites: TPC-4050 Designing Online Information I. TPC-4130 Instructional Design I –Sp 3 hours Teaches technical communicators how to employ technology and learning theory in developing adult training courses. TPC-4140 Instructional Design II –Sp 3 hours This course provides students with the opportunity to delve deeper into the art and science of instructional design by focusing on educational technology in general and e-learning tools, techniques, and practices specifically in use in today’s corporate environment. The course also investigates the topics of knowledge management, performance support and human capital management in order to give students a well-rounded introduction to the contemporary practice of non-traditional instructional design. Prerequisites: TPC-4130 Instructional Design I or permission of instructor. TPC-4160 5 hours Technical and Professional Communication Internship –Su Students will participate in a work-study program approved and administered by the department in which advanced technical and professional communication students receive a variety of job- related experiences in a communication environment. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. TPC-4170 Special Topics –Sp 3 hours Students will study a selected topic(s) at the 4000-level. The flexibility of this course allows the faculty to meet the ever- changing nature of technical communication. Possible topics include project management, professional presentations, research methods, ethics in TPC, or other topics presented by faculty or requested by students. Prerequisites: TPC-3130 Technical Communication; TPC-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers Capstone course. TPC-4230 1–3 hours Independent Study in Technical and Professional Communication –Fa, Sp, Su Independent study for junior and senior-level TPC majors with special interests and demonstrated ability. Course Descriptions | THTR-4840 – TPC-4230