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ENG 3771, Ad­vanced Ca­reer Writ­ing gives you op­por­tu­ni­ties to learn im­por­tant tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, heuris­tics, and ap­proaches that you will use in the work­place. Bor­row­ing ideas from Don­ald A. Nor­man’s Liv­ing with Com­plex­ity (2010), we can think of tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion as a way of man­ag­ing com­plex­ity. Using rhetoric, re­search, and process, we can make com­plex in­for­ma­tion, tasks, and tech­nol­ogy far eas­ier to un­der­stand, ac­com­plish, and use. In order to ac­com­plish these things, we need to focus our use of WOVEN (writ­ten, oral, vi­sual, elec­tronic, and non­ver­bal) modes of com­mu­ni­ca­tion on the needs of our read­ers. How­ever, we must base our strate­gies and ap­proaches on clearly ar­tic­u­lated goals and firmly es­tab­lished re­search; we must test our de­liv­er­ables for us­abil­ity; and we must re­vise our de­liv­er­ables to meet our clients’ re­quire­ments. Above all else, as tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tors, we must fol­low pro­fes­sional and eth­i­cal codes of be­hav­ior. In this class, you will learn about these im­por­tant as­pects of tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion through daily ex­er­cises, hands-on ac­tiv­i­ties, and col­lab­o­ra­tive ser­vice-based pro­jects.

ENG 3771, Advanced Career Writing gives you opportunities to learn important technical communication skills, heuristics, and approaches that you will use in the workplace. Borrowing ideas from Donald A. Norman’s Living with Complexity (2010), we can think of technical communication as a way of managing complexity. Using rhetoric, research, and process, we can make complex information, tasks, and technology far easier to understand, accomplish, and use. In order to accomplish these things, we need to focus our use of WOVEN (written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal) modes of communication on the needs of our readers. However, we must base our strategies and approaches on clearly articulated goals and firmly established research; we must test our deliverables for usability; and we must revise our deliverables to meet our clients’ requirements. Above all else, as technical communicators, we must follow professional and ethical codes of behavior. In this class, you will learn about these important aspects of technical communication through daily exercises, hands-on activities, and collaborative service-based projects.

This course sur­veys the his­tory of pho­tog­ra­phy from its be­gin­nings in the early nine­teenth cen­tury to the pre­sent. We will ex­am­ine the use of pho­tog­ra­phy for aes­thetic, doc­u­men­tary, and “sci­en­tific” pur­poses, styl­is­tic shifts in pho­tog­ra­phy re­lated to aes­thetic con­cerns, and vary­ing in­ter­pre­ta­tions of sub­ject mat­ter based on so­cial and cul­tural con­cerns at spe­cific mo­ments in his­tory. We will also con­sider the re­la­tion­ship be­tween pho­tog­ra­phy and the vi­sual arts in gen­eral, which cul­mi­nates with the pri­macy of pho­tog­ra­phy as a medium by the late twen­ti­eth cen­tury.

This course surveys the history of photography from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to the present. We will examine the use of photography for aesthetic, documentary, and “scientific” purposes, stylistic shifts in photography related to aesthetic concerns, and varying interpretations of subject matter based on social and cultural concerns at specific moments in history. We will also consider the relationship between photography and the visual arts in general, which culminates with the primacy of photography as a medium by the late twentieth century.

In­tern­ship in Ad­ver­tis­ing Graphic De­sign As­sign­ment to field work/study sit­u­a­tions of ap­prox­i­mately eight to ten plus hours per week at a graphic arts-re­lated in­tern­ship site ap­proved by the de­part­ment in­tern­ship di­rec­tor. Sites may be in areas such as ad­ver­tis­ing, print­ing, cor­po­rate com­mu­ni­ca­tions or pub­lish­ing. Stu­dents keep a log/jour­nal to be shared in group sem­i­nars/dis­cus­sions. Su­per­vi­sion is by fac­ulty and by the job su­per­vi­sor. Stu­dents will be re­quired to keep a learn­ing jour­nal of their in­tern­ship in the form of a blog using Open­lab.

Internship in Advertising Graphic Design Assignment to field work/study situations of approximately eight to ten plus hours per week at a graphic arts-related internship site approved by the department internship director. Sites may be in areas such as advertising, printing, corporate communications or publishing. Students keep a log/journal to be shared in group seminars/discussions. Supervision is by faculty and by the job supervisor. Students will be required to keep a learning journal of their internship in the form of a blog using Openlab.

The class is called Graphic Arts Man­age­ment Of­fice Sys­tems- Mi­crosoft Of­fice

The class is called Graphic Arts Management Office Systems- Microsoft Office