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Subject:Re: What Degree would you Get? From:Virgina Wade <wadev -at- FIT -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 10 Apr 1995 10:39:45 -0400
I'm a junior at the Florida Institute of Technology and my major
is Communication, specializing in Scientific and Technical Writing.
I started out as a freshman majoring in Biology and I had never heard of
Tech Writing. I don't think it's a major that most graduating high school
students even consider or know much about. If I were to do it over, I would
definitely start out in the beginning as a Communication major.
Some of the courses I've taken here that I think are going to be
a big help to me when graduate are:
- Software Documentation Writing
- Layout and Design
- Publications Software
- Mass Communication
- Public Relations
- Intro. to Software Development with C++
- Advanced Technical Writing
- Writing about Science
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Calculus
- Management Principles
- Linguistics
How many other universities out there offer Technical Communication
as a major?
Virginia Wade
Florida Institute of Technology
Undergrad
Scientific and Technical Communication
wadev -at- winnie -dot- fit -dot- edu
