Technical Writing (TW) - Minor
After completing the First-Year Writing prerequisite, students will take 6 additional courses for a minimm of 54 units.
Learn how to declare a minor in Technical Writing.
Curriculum: 6 courses, 54 units minimum
Introductory Course
Choose one of the following courses:
76-270 Writing for the Professions
76-271 Introduction to Professional & Technical Writing
300-Level Core Writing Courses
Choose two of the following courses:
76-373 Argument
76-389 Rhetorical Grammar
76-390 Style
76-391 Document & Information Design
300- or 400-Level Recommended Theory/Specialization Courses
Choose two of the following courses:
76-314 Data Stories
76-318 Communicating in the Global Marketplace
76-327 Equity and Communication: Strategies for Institutional Change
76-366 Grant and Proposal Writing
76-375 Emerging Technologies in Writing
76-380 Methods in Humanities Analytics
76-388 Coding for Humanists*
76-395 Science Writing
76-425 Science in the Public Sphere
76-474 Software Documentation
76-476 Rhetoric of Science
76-481 Introduction to Multimedia Design
76-483 Research Methods in Professional and Technical Communication
76-492 Rhetoric of Public Policy
76-494 Healthcare Communications
76-494 Healthcare Communications
*Students who have taken 15110 and/or 15112 are not permitted to take this course.
300- or 400-Level Technical Communication Elective
Choose one of the following courses. Courses used to fulfill the above Theory/Specialization requirement may not double count for this requirement.
76-306 Editing and Publishing
76-307 Advanced Editing and Publishing
76-308 Literary Journal Publishing
76-318 Communicating in the Global Marketplace
76-325 Intertextuality
76-327 Equity and Communication: Strategies for Institutional Change
76-354 Watchdog Jouranlism
76-366 Grant and Proposal Writing
76-368 Role Playing Game Writing Workshop
76-372 News Writing
76-373 Argument
76-375 Emerging Technologies in Writing
76-388 Coding for Humanists*
76-389 Rhetorical Grammar
76-390 Style
76-391 Document & Information Design
76-393 Narrative and Argumnet
76-395 Science Writing
76-415 Mediated Power and Propaganda
76-416 Rhetorics of Race and Empire
76-425 Science in the Public Sphere
76-455 The Pittsburgh Review of Books
76-464 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
76-473 Rhetoric and the Construction of Race
76-474 Software Documentation
76-475 Law, Performance, and Identity
76-476 Rhetoric of Science
76-481 Introduction to Multimedia Design
76-483 Research Methods in Professional and Technical Communication
76-487 Information Architecture & Content Strategy (must be taken w/76488)
76-488 Information Architecture & Content Strategy Lab (must be taken w/76487)
76-490 Digital Rhetorics
76-494 Healthcare Communications
39-605 Engineering Design Projects
*Students who have taken 15110 and/or 15112 are not permitted to take this course.