Degreed and insulted

[Stuart Selber <sselber -at- MTU -dot- EDU>]

Many of the posts about the value of a tech comm degree may be discounting
the robustness of many current curricula. Of course experience is a
central factor for hiring managers, but many new graduates are prepared
well to enter the profession, even in cases where they have had a
difficult time finding internships (the location of some programs can make
this difficult). Students in Michigan Tech's undergraduate program in
scientific and technical communication (it's not an English degree) do 50
hours in a technical area (computer science, engineering, business) plus
take courses in writing, editing, publications management,
print/electronic production, graphic design, writing for the computer
industry, hypertext, multimedia, and so on. And they do very well. There
are many programs now that take technical communication as a central focus
and not English lit/comp with a few added courses. The list of
academic programs from STC, which is currently being updated, will
describe each in more detail.

Stuart
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