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Peer reviewedBeck, Charles E. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1994
Discusses the development of academic programs in technical communication and examines how entrance requirements to master's programs have implications for technical communication as a profession. (SR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Higher Education, Masters Programs, Professional Recognition
Peer reviewedPeterson, Dart G., Jr. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1994
Narrates a proposal writer's experience over five weeks as a member of a team writing a grant proposal on the design and implementation of a practice-oriented master's degree program on manufacturing education and training. (SR)
Descriptors: Grants, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Industry
Leonard, David C. – 1994
Although most programs in technical communication reside in English departments where the focus is on writing, rhetoric, and exposition, the graduate certificate program in interactive multimedia at Mercer University is being developed for the Technical Communication Department within the School of Engineering. As a result, many of the…
Descriptors: English Departments, Higher Education, Hypermedia, Interdisciplinary Approach
Anderson, W. Steve – 1987
A Master of Arts in Technical and Expository Writing program has been implemented in the English department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Designed to make future teachers and technical writers into better writers, the program gives them a larger view of the writing process in which they are participating. Three required courses…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Linguistic Theory
Favre, Betty Atkinson – 1991
The Technical-Professional Communication (TPC) Option at Maryland's Frostburg State University is a response to the growing demand from government, business, and industry to prepare MBAs to meet the high performance requirements of managers who must communicate and communicators who must manage. Students taking this 15-hour writing-intensive…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Curriculum, Graduate Study
Book, Virginia A., Ed. – 1981
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. The 11 papers discuss the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study
Kelley, Patrick M., Ed.; Samuels, Marilyn Schauer, Ed. – 1984
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. The topics of the 19 papers include the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study
Jones, G. H.; Steinberg, E. R. – 1987
The Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) offered by Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) is designed for students who want careers as document designers in industry and government, where they will plan, write, and evaluate computer manuals and on-line documentation, training and instructional materials, technical reports, and a wide…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Oriented Programs, Degree Requirements, Graphic Arts
Kelley, Patrick M., Ed.; And Others – 1982
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. Among the topics discussed in the 17 articles are…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Programs
