Technical communication training
It is with sadness that the ISTC acknowledges the passing of John Crossley. John formed and ran The College of Technical Authorship. Since his passing, the ISTC has acquired the rights to continue delivering his courses. They now form the basis of the ISTC Open Learning course. Click here to read more about John Crossley.
The
course is designed for: individuals with a technical or scientific background
who wish to take up technical authorship as a second career; recent graduates
in science and technology who wish to develop their communication skills;
humanities and business studies graduates who have an interest in specialised
knowledge. Applications from individuals without formal degree-level qualifications
are welcome.
'Technical' is defined in terms of a wide variety
of fields, ranging from aerospace engineering, cellular communications, electronics,
the pharmaceutical and the software industry on the one hand, to the banking,
financial services, national and local government and health sectors on the
other.
Course content includes:
- Technical Discourse
- Communicating for Different Audiences
- Electronic Publishing
- Multimedia Communication
- Writing to Inform
- Writing to Persuade
- Psychology of Communication
- Oral Communication
- Professional Aspects of Technical Communication
- Technical Translation
- Project (with a local or regional company).
Course: Category Postgraduate
Final qualification: MA
Attendance: Full time (1 year) or Part time (2 years)
Contact name: Ian Kemble
Contact address:
School of Languages and Area Studies
University of Portsmouth
King Henry I Street
Portsmouth P01 2DZ
Tel.: +44 (0) 23 9284 8299
Fax.: +44 (0) 23 9284 6011
E-mail:
Queries
Website: www.port.ac.uk/slas-postgrad
BA (Hons) Multimedia and Communication Design - (Not running in 2006)
BA (Hons) Media Production (Maybe of interest, awaiting information)
A full list of all our courses can be found via the website at: www.coventry.ac.uk/undergraduate-study
Course Tutor
Multimedia and Communication Design
Coventry University
School of Art and Design
Priory Street
Coventry University CV1 5FB
Tel.: +44 (0) 24 7688 7435
Fax: +44 (0) 24 7688 7440
Email: Queries
Dr Mike Beaken (course leader)
Communication Studies
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheaf Building
Howard Street
Sheffield
S1 1WB
Tel: +44 (0)114 225 5280
Fax: +44 (0)114 225 3433
Email: Queries
Website: www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cs/tc
Postgraduate MA
This course combines a theoretical approach to technical communication with
practical and pragmatic approaches to writing in technical and business contexts.
Units cover:
- Communication planning
- Information design
- Linguistics and writing
- Collaborative work
- Visual communication
- Software interface and documentation
- Portfolios of reflective practice
- Hypermedia design
- Research design in technical communication
- Dissertation
- Distance learning, part-time, typically 3 years; optional workshops,
including one on-line.
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