Technical Communication Minor

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Degree Program	Technical Communication Minor
Subject Area	Arts and Humanities
Type/Location	Online
Program URL	http://english.mnsu.edu/techcomm/tcminor.htm
Number of Required Campus Visits	0 (zero) visits to campus are required
Degree Type	Undergraduate - Minor
Total Number of Semester Credits	16
Program Description	The minor in Technical Communication prepares students to be professional information developers, technical communicators, and editors who are skilled at using the written and spoken word, along with visuals, to effectively inform and instruct a wide range of audiences.
Admission Requirements	Entrance requirements for the undergraduate certificate in technical communication include: Admission to MSU TOEFL base score of 550 or above for candidates whose native language is not English
Other Requirements	Courses that must be completed for this program include (in addition to the following, there are also 8 elective credits in the program): ENG 271 Technical Communication (4 Cr) ENG 475 Editing Technical Publications (4 Cr) ELECTIVES (8 credits needed from courses below) ENG 471 Visual Technical Communication (4 Cr) ENG 472 Topics in Technical Communication (4 Cr) ENG 473 Desktop Publishing (4 Cr) ENG 474 Researching and Writing Technical Reports (4 Cr) ENG 476 Online Documentation (4 Cr) ENG 477 Technical Documentation, Policies, and Procedures (4 Cr) ENG 478 Technical and Scientific Literature (4 Cr) ENG 479 Rhetorical Theory Applied to Technical Documents (4 Cr)
Program Contact Information	Dr. Roland Nord Technical Communication Program Director English Department Minnesota State University, Mankato 230 Armstrong Hall Mankato, MN 56001 Telephone: (507) 389-5402 E-mail: roland.nord@mnsu.edu