Double Owl
Career and Academic Opportunities
The Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication (TCOM) provides students a hands-on approach to becoming a professional in the field of technical communication. The program's emphasis on digital environments means graduates can work as technical content developers, visual information designers, technical writers, user experience researchers, grant writers and digital accessibility specialists. The goal of the program is to create students who can easily adapt information so audiences can understand new concepts and complex ideas. The program’s approach to technical communication merges technical knowledge and information design with an ultimate focus on understanding your audience. Students will take classes in introductory and advanced technical communication, user research, front-end development, and visual design.
The Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) program provides opportunities for students to engage in a number of writing-intensive fields, including film, education, publishing, business, and the literary arts. The TCOM>MAPW Double Owl program provides opportunities for high-performing students to pursue graduate coursework that will be meaningful and impactful for their undergraduate academic careers and encourage consideration of a graduate degree here at KSU that will align with students’ professional goals. While the MAPW program has three concentrations (Composition/Rhetoric, Creative Writing, and Applied Writing), our Applied and Technical courses are of specific interest to TCOM students and provide an opportunity to expand study in those disciplines into the graduate level. Moreover, many TCOM students will be interested in pursuing creative courses as a supplement to the technical courses they take in their undergraduate program. Students engaged in this Double Owl pathway will be uniquely prepared for entry into Atlanta’s communication and creative industries by advancing their writing/content-creating, editing, and knowledge about the field. Should they decide to apply to the graduate program, they will be better prepared for the rigor of the program.
Graduate Program Information
