Professional and Technical Communication, MA

Course Requirements

Option I: 36-Hour Program with Written Examination

Core Courses, 15 hours selected from the following:

Topics Courses, 6 hours selected from the following:

Practicum, 6 hours:

TECM 5640 - Practicum in Technical Communication

Cognate Field: 9 hours:

9 hours of graduate-level courses
Before registering in these courses, students must seek the approval of the department

Comprehensive examination

Option II: 30-Hour Program with Thesis

Core Courses, 15 hours selected from the following:

Topics Courses, 3–6 hours selected from the following:

Thesis, 6 hours:

TECM 5950 - Master’s Thesis

Cognate Field, 6–9 hours:

6–9 hours of graduate-level courses
Before registering in these courses, students must seek the approval of the department

Comprehensive examinations and oral prospectus defense

Thesis Requirement

The candidate for the MA degree with a major in professional and technical communication must write a thesis under Option II. A student is permitted to write a thesis only with the permission of the chair of graduate studies and a major professor. No student who has permission to write a thesis will be allowed to register for the courses until the foreign language requirement has been met and the MA comprehensive examination has been passed.