Technical Communication is one of today's fastest changing and fastest growing fields in academia and industry. Not long ago, TC concerned itself almost exclusively with print documents, but today the work of a technical communicator can vary greatly. Design of multimedia, website development, and content computing figure more and more prominently, and TC job titles now include "executive producer" and "interactive experience designer" as well as "writer" and "editor."
Our graduates go on to work as
technical writers and editors (designing, writing, and editing manuals and online help in the software industry and other technical fields)
science writers and editors (working with engineers and scientists to write environmental impact statements, scientific journal articles, and other scientific documents)
multimedia and Web developers (writing or editing on-line information in many forms, including on-line help, multimedia products, and Web pages)
usability engineers and interface designers (helping software developers make and test programs that are more user-friendly)
content management systems designers including product management.
Technical Communication is one of today's fastest changing and fastest growing fields in academia and industry. Not long ago, TC concerned itself almost exclusively with print documents, but today the work of a technical communicator can vary greatly. Design of multimedia, website development, and content computing figure more and more prominently, and TC job titles now include "executive producer" and "interactive experience designer" as well as "writer" and "editor."