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4.00 Credits
Coney, Sauer Theories and research drawn from a variety of fields that inform such topics as the historical and social context of technical communication, the aims of technical discourse, readability, invention and audience, audience analysis, technical style, and graphics. Offered: A.
Prerequisite:
admission to an engineering master’s program or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Williams Introduction to empirical traditions that inform research and practice in field of technical communication. Topics include epistemological assumptions underlying empirical research, empirical methods, and survey of results of empirical research on effects of text and visual media on comprehension, recall, and performance. Offered: W.
Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Kolko Explores computer-assisted communication from three perspectives: (1) cultural roles of communication technologies; (2) relationships between communication and information including information technologies in the workplace, academe, and other settings; and (3) application to design including models for audience analysis, task analysis, and cognitive systems engineering. Offered: A.
Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Haselkorn, Illman Examination of principles and practice of writing research manuscripts, articles, abstracts, and oral presentations. Detailed examination of scientific publication process includes issues of style, organization, and ethics. Students draft, critique, and revise their own manuscripts and learn to review the manuscripts of others. Offered: Sp.
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4.00 Credits
Farkas Examination of the design principles and procedures underlying the creation of both print and e ronic information presentations. Topics include: print vs. electronic media, designing for the page and screen, information topologies, and hypermedia. Seminar includes a design project. Offered: Sp.
Prerequisite:
T C 501 or permission of instructor
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5.00 Credits
Williams Use of visuals in print and e ronic media. Topics include vision, attention and perception, semiotics, depiction, information graphics, icons, typography, and principles of page and screen design.
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4.00 Credits
Spyridakis Examines theory, research, and practice in the internationalization and localization of paper and e ronic documents. Topics include cultural models and schemata, contrastive rhetoric, controlled languages, translation, visuals, and usability testing. Offered: W.
Prerequisite:
graduate standing or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to cognitive work analysis framework. Prepares for active role in design and evaluation of information systems. Familiarization with basic concepts of cognitive systems engineering and practice in field study, data analysis, and transforming field findings into requirements for the design of an information system. Offered: jointly with LIS 515.
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4.00 Credits
Spyridakis Introduction to research methods in technical communication. Students examine the relationship between theory and research, hypothesis testing, experimental designs, modes of observation, sampling, validity, and data analysis and interpretation. Offered: Sp.
Prerequisite:
introductory statistics course
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4.00 Credits
Ramey Discusses the human-computer interface (HCI) as the communicative aspect of a computer system. Analyzes usability issues in HCI design, explores design-phase methods of predictability, and introduces evaluative methods of usability testing. Offered: W.
Prerequisite:
substantial experience with computers and graduate standing, or permission of instructor
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