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Subject:Re: Imagine you teach From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:05:57 -0600
Chris Hamilton wrote:
> Were I designing a technical communication degree, I'd require that
> there be a minor involved. I don't care what it is, but IMO, it's not
> enough to know how to write. You have to know at least a little bit
> about what you're writing about. You need a discriminator.
I agree with Chris that it would be great if everyone who graduated with
a tech comm degree had a minor in an area they plan to work in (I didn't
because after changing my major 3 or 4 times, I had already used up my
spare credit hours... I wonder if I could claim a minor in "University
Studies." ;-). It would be much more useful than simply requiring
classes in computer programming.
Tracy
in frigid, ice-coated Oklahoma
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Tracy Boyington mailto:tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Dept. of Vocational & Technical Education
Curriculum & Instructional Materials Center
Stillwater, Oklahoma http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/
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