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3.00 Credits
Examines researching, writing, and editing journal and newsletter articles in one or several technical fields or disciplines including science, medicine, pharmaceutical, engineering, environmental science, and law. Students will develop one article project from initial research to submission. May be repeated once for credit with departmental approval.
Corequisite:
Graduate standing or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
Reviews print-based methods of content organization and reader orientation. These traditional methods are contrasted with typical solutions in online and multimedia communications to the problems of content navigation, readability, and usability. Includes study of navigation maps or graphs, information architecture, traditional and hyperlinked indices, tables of contents and online content lists, and the use of document description or meta-information to facilitate effective information retrieval.
Corequisite:
Graduate standing or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
Examines the principles and methods of applied research in professional writing and technical communication. Provides practice in planning and conducting user evaluations, interpreting data and reporting results, and managing the participant process, with attention to human subject research policy and protection. Course projects will evaluate users┐ experience with print and/or electronic materials such as software documentation, training materials, brochures, or web pages. Topics may focus on usability, accessibility, or qualitative evaluation. When course content varies, the course may be repeated with permission of department.
Corequisite:
Graduate standing or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics in writing for industry, linguistics, pedagogy, and rhetorical or discourse theory. When course content varies, may be repeated with departmental approval.
Corequisite:
Graduate standing or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
Provides industry experience for students. Writing or design projects developed in the course may be tested and used for the capstone project or portfolio.
Corequisite:
Fifteen hours and graduate standing or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
Supports and guides student research for thesis or capstone project. Students enroll during the semester they intend to research, develop, and propose a thesis or capstone project.
Corequisite:
Fifteen hours and graduate standing or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
Provides direction and support for students during the semester when they intend to complete the thesis. No credit is awarded until the thesis is approved by the thesis committee and the student has passed an oral exam on the thesis and graduation portfolio. May be repeated until the thesis is approved.
Corequisite:
Eighteen hours, ENG 6390, and graduate standing or departmental approval
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3.00 Credits
As an alternative to the thesis, students may complete a capstone project in which they propose and design a long document for a real world audience. The project typically includes a form of usability testing and rewriting. No credit is awarded until the project is approved by the thesis committee and the student has passed an oral exam on the project and the graduation portfolio. The course may be repeated until the capstone project is approved.
Corequisite:
Eighteen hours and ENG 6380/6390
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3.00 Credits
Overview of techniques and fundamental principles used in engineering, science and technology. Topics include: dimensional analysis and units, measurements, representation of technical information, problem solving, and an introduction to selected science and engineering topics.
Corequisite:
Credit or enrollment in MATH 1302
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4.00 Credits
Application of PC hardware and software to engineering problems. Data acquisition and computational methods for control systems, structures, and piping systems. Intensive use of the NSF sponsored laboratory for data acquisition, transmission and analysis of data. Modern computational approach to solids-fluids mechanics, and heat transfer. 1 additional laboratory or activity hours per week.
Corequisite:
MATH 1301
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