| ENGL 3085: Writing for the Computer Science Workplace (Anabire) |
This class will introduce you to professional and technical writing situations common in computer science workplaces, as we cultivate adaptive communication strategies and ethical professional behaviors. You will design and write professional documents, synthesize and evaluate arguments on technology and society, and collaborate in teams to present technical information. In person Logan |
| ENGL 3085: Writing for the Computer Science Workplace (Mathis) |
This class will introduce you to professional and technical writing situations common in computer science workplaces, as we cultivate adaptive communication strategies and ethical professional behaviors. You will design and write professional documents, synthesize and evaluate arguments on technology and society, and collaborate in teams to present technical information. In person Logan |
| TCR 2100: Introduction to Technical Communication (Eyre) |
This course introduces you to the field of technical communication as an iterative, problem-solving activity you can use in any organization with communication needs. Working independently and collaboratively, you will plan, draft, design, and revise a variety of workplace documents, including resumes, memos, instructions, and proposals. During the semester, you will also read and evaluate arguments about technology and society that affect technical communicators and think critically about how these important controversies impact professional communication. Online |
| TCR 2110: Digital Writing Technologies (Perkins) |
Technologies are always changing, so it’s important that you know how to learn new technologies. That’s what you’ll do in this class. Employers will expect you to be adept at using a variety of technologies and know how to select the best tool(s) to accomplish a particular task. In this course, you will gain experience learning and using three software programs used for 1) photo editing, 2) document layout, and 3) web design. But more importantly, you’ll develop your sense of adventure, tenacity, and confidence in evaluating, learning, and using technologies relevant to the workplace. Online |
| TCR 2110: Digital Writing Technologies (Moeller) |
Technologies are always changing, so it’s important that you know how to learn new technologies. That’s what you’ll do in this class. Employers will expect you to be adept at using a variety of technologies and know how to select the best tool(s) to accomplish a particular task. In this course, you will gain experience learning and using three software programs used for 1) photo editing, 2) document layout, and 3) web design. But more importantly, you’ll develop your sense of adventure, tenacity, and confidence in evaluating, learning, and using technologies relevant to the workplace. In person Logan |
| TCR 3100: Workplace Research (Anabire) |
Technical communicators frequently engage in research to answer questions or address problems in the workplace. This course is designed to prepare you to work successfully as a technical writer by learning how to craft a research question; how to select appropriate methods to address a particular research question; how to ethically collect and analyze data; and how to report research findings and their associated implications (i.e., research-based recommendations). By partnering with a client for the full semester, you will practice applying all that you are learning within a real organizational context, learning about how you can conduct research to address organizational problems and questions. In person Logan |
| TCR 3110: Accessibility and Disability Rhetorics (Mathis) |
In this course, we will explore accessibility through a lens of disability studies and rhetoric, each of which provide additional contexts for understanding the importance of accessibility within physical and digital environments. We will discuss and practice rhetorical and legal standards of effective and accessible design (such as WCAG 2.0), through “intervention” assignments with the Center for Innovative Design and Instruction at USU, for which you will take inaccessible PDF documents used at USU and make them accessible for screen reading software (great for your resume/CV/portfolio, btw). We will also focus on considering and producing rhetorically effective closed-captions (with Amara and perhaps other software) to movies, youtube videos, and online educational videos—not as an afterthought but as a vital part of the video production process. By the end of the course, you should have a good understanding of disability studies theory, be able to make a strong case for accessible design, have improved your closed captioning and web design skills, and understand how to approach multiple technologies and rhetorical situations for accessibility. In Person Logan |
| TCR 3220: Technical Editing (Haderlie) |
Whether or not your job title includes the word “editor,” you will find that good editing skills are an excellent way to move ahead in your workplace. In this course, you will experience first-hand what it means to be an editor by learning and applying the skills of copyediting, proofreading, and comprehensive editing. This class will also challenge you to consider the context in which editing currently exists, and what editing could be by engaging in critical frameworks and theories that inform popular conceptualizations of editing. In person Logan |
| TCR 3230: Community Grant Writing (Ault-Dyslin) |
If you aspire to land a job in a nonprofit, governmental, or educational organization, or you want to be a civically-minded member of your future communities, grant writing is a skill that you will need. This course will focus your abilities on this particular type of writing as we collaborate with nonprofit organizations to craft grant applications that they can submit after the semester is over. We discuss nonprofit funding realities, audience, program development and evaluation, all while working with clients. In person Logan |
| TCR 4220: Technology and Activism (Edenfield) |
Students will read texts from a range of fields including media studies, new materialisms, technical communication and rhetoric, and gender studies. Students will engage with the readings and each other every week, conduct research into topics related to gender and technology that interest them, and report out their research in the form of a final project. This course may serve as career preparation in the form of ethical inquiry or as a foundational course in modern gender and sexuality theory. This course serves as an elective for the minors in Intersectional Gender Studies and Sexuality Studies. In person Logan |
| TCR 4240: User Experience Design (moeller) |
User experience design works to make experiences and products more enjoyable for users. In this class, you will learn how to build a prototype app in Figma, plan and conduct user experience research on your prototype, and report on the data you collect in a research report and an audio/visual presentation. In person Logan |
