The curriculum will be 30 credits total of which 12 credits are core courses and 15 credits of advanced study. The remaining credits, the research component required by the Graduate School, will be satisfied through ENGL-770 or ENGL-735. Per UW-Stout’s Graduate School policy, students are required to take 15 credits of 700-level coursework.

Students will need to provide an electronic portfolio of their work to the program director twice during their academic career: once when they have earned 15 credits and again when they have concluded their coursework and are taking their Independent Research credits (thesis or project option). This electronic portfolio will be used for program assessment purposes.

 

Proposed Program Plan

Core courses (12 credits)

  • ENGL-615 Technical Writing (3 credits)

  • ENGL-7XX Theoretical Foundations and Research Methods in Technical Communication (3 credits)

  • ENGL-7XX Visual Communication and Information Design (3 credits)

  • ENGL-7XX Rhetorical Theory (3 credits)

Advanced Study (15 credits)

select 15 credits from the following courses:

  • ENGL-512 International Technical Communication (3 credits)

  • ENGL-625 Usability Design and Testing (3 credits)

  • ENGL-635 Writing Technical Manuals (3 credits)

  • ENGL-637 Technical Writing Practicum (1-3 credits).

  • ENGL-7XX Communication, Culture, and Technology (3 credits)
    ENGL-7XX Concepts in User-Centered Design and Research (3 credits)

  • ENGL-7XX Selected Topics in Technical and Professional Communication (3 credits)

  • INMGT-365/565 Project Management (3 credits)

  • INMGT-675 Advanced Project Management (3 credits)
    INMGT-365/565 is prerequisite.

  • ENGLISH 708 Advanced Professional Writing (3 credits)
    Provided online by UW-Milwaukee

  • ENGLISH 709 Rhetoric, Writing, and Information Technology (3 credits)
    Provided online by UW-Milwaukee

  • ENGLISH 710 Advanced Project Management for Professional Writers (3 credits)
    Provided online by UW-Milwaukee

  • COMMUN 710 Managerial Communication (3 credits)
    Provided online by UW-Milwaukee

  • COMMUN 810 Studies of Communication in Organizations (3 credits)
    Provided online by UW-Milwaukee

  • SPEECH 624 Cross Cultural Communication
    Provided online by UW-Whitewater

  • COMM 7330 Organizational Communication
    Provided online by UW-Platteville

  • PM 7040 Interpersonal Skills for Virtual and Co-Located Project Teams
    Provided online by UWPlatteville

  • ENGRG 5000 Engineering Communications
    Provided online by UW-Platteville

Independent Research (3-6 credits)

  • ENGL-770 Thesis (Plan A): Students who select the thesis option will complete an original research project, which culminates in a thesis describing the problem investigated, the context of the problem (by describing current scholarship and literature), the methods used, the results, and conclusions.)

    OR

  • ENGL-735 Project (Plan B): Students who select the project option will complete an original project for business or industry, which culminates in some deliverable (the project/document itself) and includes a thorough written analysis of the project: the problem the project solved, the rhetorical situation of the project, the methods used to produce the project, and an analysis of the project's usefulness/effectiveness.

 

The program is currently collaborating with three other UW schools to deliver an online curriculum to its students: UW-Milwaukee, UW-Whitewater, and UW-Platteville.