Courses

Students work on a part-time basis in a job directly related to applied technologies. The employer and supervising instructor evaluate students’ progress. Upon course completion, students will be able to apply skills and knowledge in an employment setting.

This course covers general principles of customer service within a technical environment. Topics include internal/external customer relationships, time-management, best practices, and verbal and nonverbal communications skills.

This course will provide students with an overview of the technical design, construction techniques, and the administrative and management functions that are a part of the field of technical direction.

An introduction to reading and preparing technical construction drawings for interior design, including plans, elevations, details, schedules, dimensions and lettering, and utilizes CAD applications.

This course is an introduction to reading and preparing technical construction drawings for interior design, including plans, elevations, details, schedules, dimensions, and lettering.

This course covers sections, auxiliary views, and basic space geometry. Emphasis will be placed on the theory as well as the mechanics of applying sections, basic dimensioning, auxiliary views, and basic space geometry. CORE.

This course is designed to develop a strong foundation in common drafting and design practices and procedures. Topics include dimensioning concepts and pictorial drawings. CORE.

This course explores how to edit technical documents using different levels of editing, including copyediting and developmental editing. Students will also explore current trends in technical editing and publishing, as well as effective author-editor relationships.

Clarifying, expanding, reducing, and rewriting technical reports and other documents created by others. Emphasis on elements of style and usage, revision, proofreading, and application of rhetorical techniques to the work of engineers, scientists, and technicians. Includes lab emphasizing software skills useful for technical editing. Qualifies as elective in English major. Does not count toward English minor without special approval.

Explores the practices and processes of technical, professional, and workplace editing markup and editing as applied to text, document design, and information architecture.