Program Learning Outcomes

Technical Writing and Communication Program Learning Outcomes

As TWC majors, student will learn to:

• Use theories, concepts, and methods from writing, rhetoric, and technical communication to identify, define, and solve problems.
• Systematically gather, evaluate, and distill information from texts, subject matter experts, users, and other relevant sources.
• Communicate for, about, and with diverse communities with empathy, humility, and understanding.
• Adapt content for new genres, modalities, audiences, and contexts by strategically aligning with and deviating from conventions.
• Recognize how writing, rhetoric, and technologies powerfully shape the world, for better and worse.
• Use writing as a tool for innovation, creativity, discovery, and expression.