Program Outcomes

Rhetorical Knowledge

• Recognize and understand the ways in which genres shape communication

• Understand the importance of user-centered design

• Analyze, articulate and respond to the needs of specific audiences and communication situations

• Apply conventions of genre and form appropriate to specific audiences and contexts

Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Research

• Understand a variety of theoretical approaches to technical communication

• Understand relationships among language, knowledge, and power

• Recognize, analyze, and understand the contexts within which language, information, and knowledge are produced, managed, organized, and disseminated

• Integrate previously held beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge with new information and the ideas of others

• Understand ideological perspectives regarding research methods and research design

• Read, interpret, and evaluate research studies

• Identify and apply appropriate methods for investigating particular research questions

Practices and Processes

• Develop flexible strategies for drafting, revising, and editing

• Demonstrate ability to communicate verbally and visually in multiple genres

• Understand the collaborative and social aspects of research, writing, and design processes

• Demonstrate awareness of community and cultural patterns in communication

• Demonstrate understanding of legal and ethical uses of information and technology

Technology

• Demonstrate a critical perspective of technology, its uses, users, and contexts

• Understand the role of technologies/media in accessing, managing, developing, and communicating information

• Choose appropriate technologies for presenting, organizing, and communicating information for a range of audiences, purposes, and genres

• Demonstrate ability to use a range of technologies for writing, editing, and designing

• Develop flexibility in adapting to new technologies