Open to:

• anyone with a high school diploma or bachelor's degree

The purpose of the certificate is to train students to become technical communicators – practitioners with the skills and knowledge to apply the Society for Technical Communication’s nine core competencies to technical communication projects. Students will expand their writing and editing skills as they learn to plan and manage technical projects and work in teams while developing user profiles for those projects; determine which technical genres are appropriate for each project and how to construct those genres to best represent the information experience for users; design theoretically informed visuals to enhance the user experience; manage technical content across platforms; and acquire techniques for testing technical artifacts before public dissemination. Throughout this coursework, students will consider the roles, interests, and perspectives of diverse stakeholders and understand how to create ethical technical artifacts.

Contact:
Susan Lang, lang.543@osu.edu