Apr 17, 2024

2014-2015 Graduate Catalog

2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Technical Writing

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Certificate of Graduate Study

The Department of English offers two certificates of graduate study. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of the certificate may also be applied toward a graduate degree in English.

This certificate recognizes the successful completion of a set of courses intended to enhance the professional qualifications of technical writers.

Requirements (18)

ENGL 626 - Technical Writing Credits: 3
Students with credit in ENGL 308 must substitute a 3 semester hour elective for ENGL 626.
ENGL 627 - Technical Editing Credits: 3
Students with credit in ENGL 403 must substitute a 3 semester hour elective for ENGL 627.

Course work from the following (12)

ENGL 624 - Professional Writing Institute Credits: 1-6
ENGL 625 - Methods of Research in Professional Writing Credits: 3
ENGL 628 - Internship in Technical Writing or Editing Credits: 1-12
No more than 6 semester hours of credit in ENGL 628 may be applied to the Certificate of Graduate Study in Technical Writing.
ENGL 630 - Theory and Research in Professional Writing Credits: 3
ENGL 631 - Topics in Professional Writing Credits: 3
ENGL 632 - Writing for Electronic Media Credits: 3
With approval of the certificate adviser, students may select up to 6 semester hours of electives from other English courses in rhetoric, language, linguistics, or writing or from appropriate courses in such other areas as communication, instructional technology, computer science, art, and business.