Technical Communication (MS)
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 15 | |
| Theory and Research In Professional Writing | ||
| Rhetoric Of Science and Technology | ||
| Advanced Technical Writing, Editing and Document Design | ||
| Publication Management for Technical Communicators | ||
| Projects in Technical Communication | ||
| Methods or Theory Electives | 9-12 | |
| Select a minimum of nine hours of coursework from "Methods or Theory Electives" listed below * | ||
| Applications Electives | 6-9 | |
| Select a minimum of six hours of coursework from "Applications Electives" listed below * | ||
| Total Hours | 33 | |
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If聽a student chooses to take 9 credit hours of "Methods or Theory Electives", 9 credit hours of "Applications Electives" are required; if a student chooses to take 12 credit hours of "Methods or Theory Electives", only 6 credit hours of "Applications Electives" are required.
Methods or Theory Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select a minimum of nine hours of coursework from the following: | 9-12 | |
| 贰狈骋听506 | Verbal Data Analysis | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听508 | Usability Studies for Technical Communication | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听519 | Online Information Design and Evaluation | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听520 | Science Writing for the Media | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听583 | Studies In Rhetoric and Writing | 3 |
| 贰颁滨听716 | Design and Evaluation Of Instructional Materials | 3 |
Applications Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select a minimum of six hours of coursework from the following: | 6-9 | |
| 叠鲍厂听462 | Marketing Research | 3 |
| 叠鲍厂听465 | Traditional and Digital Brand Promotion | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听402 | Advanced Group Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听411 | Rhetorical Criticism | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听421 | Communication Law | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听441 | Ethical Issues in Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听442 | Communication and Conflict Management | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听456 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听476 | Public Relations Campaigns | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听487 | Internet and Society | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听522 | Critical Approaches to Organizational Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听523 | International and Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听527 | Seminar in Organizational Conflict Management | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听528 | Communication Culture and Technology | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听541 | Quantitative Research Methods in Applied Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听542 | Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听556 | Seminar In Organizational Communication | 3 |
| 颁翱惭听561 | Human Communication Theory | 3 |
| 颁厂颁听442 | Introduction to Data Science | 3 |
| 颁厂颁听454 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3 |
| 颁厂颁听461 | Computer Graphics | 3 |
| 颁厂颁听467 | Introduction to Quantum Algorithms | 3 |
| 颁厂颁听501 | Operating Systems Principles | 3 |
| 颁厂颁听510 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| 颁厂颁听554 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3 |
| 贰础颁听540 | Foundations of Higher Education and Student Affairs | 3 |
| 贰础颁听559 | The Adult Learner | 3 |
| 贰础颁听580 | Designing Instructional Systems in Training and Development | 3 |
| 贰础颁听581 | Advanced Instructional Design in Training and Development | 3 |
| 贰础颁听582 | Organization and Operation Of Training and Development Programs | 3 |
| 贰础颁听583 | Needs Assessment and Task Analysis in Training and Development | 3 |
| 贰础颁听584 | Evaluating Training Transfer and Effectiveness | 3 |
| 贰础颁听585 | Integrating Technology into Training Program | 3 |
| 贰础颁听586 | Methods and Techniques Of Training and Development | 3 |
| 贰础颁听595 | Special Topics | 3-6 |
| 贰颁贰听792 | Special Topics In Electrical Engineering (Information Theory) | 1-6 |
| 贰颁骋听512 | ||
| 贰颁骋听515 | Environmental and Resource Policy | 3 |
| 贰颁骋听537 | Health Economics | 3 |
| 贰颁骋听715 | Environmental and Resource Economics | 3 |
| 贰颁滨听716 | Design and Evaluation Of Instructional Materials | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听508 | Usability Studies for Technical Communication | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听513 | Empirical Research In Composition | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听514 | History Of Rhetoric | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听516 | Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听519 | Online Information Design and Evaluation | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听520 | Science Writing for the Media | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听524 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听525 | Variety In Language | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听527 | Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听541 | Literary and Cultural Theory | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听583 | Studies In Rhetoric and Writing (Gender and Medicine) | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听583 | Studies In Rhetoric and Writing (Seminar on Communication in Health and Environmental Science) | 3 |
| 贰罢听460 | Practice of Environmental Technology | 3 |
| 骋颁听420 | Visual Thinking | 3 |
| GD 417/517 | Information and Publishing Design Systems | 3 |
| 贬滨听581 | History of the Life Sciences | 3 |
| 贬滨听582 | Darwinism in Science and Society | 3 |
| 狈搁听571 | Current Issues in Natural Resource Policy | 3 |
| 笔础听511 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
| 笔础听512 | The Budgetary Process | 3 |
| 笔础听513 | Public Organization Behavior | 3 |
| 笔础听514 | Management Systems | 3 |
| 笔础听515 | Research Methods and Analysis | 3 |
| 笔础听525 | Organizational Development and Change Management | 3 |
| 笔础听540 | Grant Writing for Public Administrators | 3 |
| 笔础听550 | Environmental Policy | 3 |
| 笔厂听502 | The Legislative Process | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听410 | Learning and Motivation | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听420 | Cognitive Processes | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听425 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听500 | Visual Perception | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听508 | Cognitive Processes | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听511 | Advanced Social Psychology | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听525 | Introduction To Cognitive Science | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听704 | Learning and Motivation | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听740 | Engineering Psychology of Human-computer Interaction | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听745 | Human Performance Modeling | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听757 | Innovation and Technology | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听764 | Industrial Psychology | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听768 | Organizational Psychology I | 3 |
| 笔厂驰听770 | Organization Development and Change | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听410 | Sociology of Organizations | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听450 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听610 | Special Topics In Sociology | 1-6 |
| 厂翱颁听752 | Work and Industry | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听753 | Inequality in Work and the Economy | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听754 | Economic Sociology | 3 |
| 厂翱颁听762 | Sociology of Food Systems | 3 |
Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degree Requirements
The Accelerated Bachelors/Master鈥檚 (ABM) degree program allows exceptional undergraduate students at NC聽State an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degrees at an accelerated pace. These undergraduate students may double count up to 12 credits and obtain a non-thesis Master鈥檚 degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the Bachelor鈥檚 degree, or obtain a thesis-based Master鈥檚 degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the Bachelor鈥檚 degree.
This degree program also provides an opportunity for the Directors of Graduate Programs (DGPs) at NC聽State to recruit rising juniors in their major to their graduate programs. However, permission to pursue an ABM degree program does not guarantee admission to the Graduate School. Admission is contingent on meeting eligibility requirements at the time of entering the graduate program.