Technical and Scientific Communication Advising Tracks
Students can also choose to focus their studies by taking courses from an approved advising track. Choosing a track is optional and is not required for the concentration. Students must complete at least five courses in a track to fulfill the track requirements (see the advising forms to the right for details).
Note: Some courses do not appear in a specific track, and some courses appear in more than one track.
Online Publications:
Approved courses (may also include specific special topics courses):
| WRTC 450 User Documentation | WRTC 462 Advanced Topics in Online Publication |
| WRTC 460 Beginning Topics in Online Publication | WRTC 481 Beginning Web Theory and Design |
| WRTC 461 Intermediate Topics in Online Publication | WRTC 482 Advanced Web Theory and Design |
Public Sector:
Approved courses (may also include specific special topics courses):
| WRTC 250 Ethical and Legal Issues in TSC | WRTC 411 Legal Writing |
| WRTC 311 Rhetorical Analysis | WRTC 413 Proposal Writing |
| WRTC 330 Intercultural TSC | WRTC 455 Managerial and Entrepreneurial Communication |
| WRTC 410 Government Writing | A WRTC electronic-intensive course (choose from 460, 481,482) |
Publications Management:
Approved courses (may also include specific special topics courses):
| WRTC 250 Ethical and Legal Issues in TSC | WRTC 451 Publications Management |
| WRTC 330 Intercultural TSC | WRTC 452 Student Publications |
| WRTC 413 Proposal Writing | WRTC 455 Managerial and Entrepreneurial Communication |
| WRTC 450 User Documentation | A WRTC electronic-intensive course (choose from 460, 481,482) |
Science and Medical Writing:
Approved courses (may also include specific special topics courses):
| WRTC 350 Science, Technology and Literature | WRTC 480 Writing About Science and Nature (Special Topics) |
| WRTC 460 Beginning Topics in Online Publication | WRTC 480 Writing Science (Special Topics) |
| WRTC 480 Rhetoric of Environmental Science and Technology (Special Topics) | SCOM 354 Communication, Environment, and Environmentalism |
| WRTC 480 Rhetoric of Scientific Literature (Special Topics) |
Other approved courses for the concentration in technical and scientific communication:
| WRTC 230 Research in TSC1 | WRTC 395 Practicum |
| WRTC 320 Writing in the Public Sphere | WRTC 430 Style and Stylistics |
| WRTC 331 Technology, Literacy and Culture1 | WRTC 480 Special Topics in TSC |
| WRTC 351 Visual Rhetoric | WRTC 490 Advanced Independent Study in WRTC |
| WRTC 355 Digital Rhetorics | WRTC 499 Honors |
| WRTC 360 Instructional Design and Training |
1This course meets the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement.